MANSFIELD, PA—Javier Avila will present his one-man show, The Trouble with My Name, at Alumni Hall, Room
307, on Thursday, April 13 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
The high-octane, poignant, and hilarious show consolidates Ávila’s talents as a poet and professor. It is a tour-de-force that will make audiences laugh, cry and embrace the autobiographical journey of a man who moves between cultures to provide a fascinating perspective of American Latinos who struggle to dispel misconceptions about their identity and place in the world.
The Trouble with My Name examines the issues of language, race, and social justice in an eye-opening performance where Ávila engages the audience as he tells the story of his life and reads poetry that illustrates what it means to be the American of the future.
Avila is a professor of English professor at Northampton Community College and a recognized poet, novelist and essayist. He was named Pennsylvania Professor of the Year in 2015 and recently received the Hispanic Leader of the Year Award by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Lehigh Valley.
Sponsors of this program include Multicultural Affairs, Center for International Cooperation and Exchange, Department of English and World Languages, and Student Life and Leadership.