Poet Runner

Priscilla Celina “Lina” Suárez is a Mexican American author who was the 2015-17 McAllen Poet Laureate. She is co-founder of the Gloria Anzaldúa Legacy Project (GAL) which was formed to honor the legacy of Anzaldúa and share her work with a broader public. During her childhood, she lived surrounded by the farmlands of the then small colonia of Las Milpas, TX, where she first heard many of the cuentos she shares in Cuentos Wela Told Me. Her poetry collection, La La Landia: A Journey Through my Frontera CD Shuffle, was released in April 2022 from FlowerSong Press.

Terry Boardman

’m 47 years old. I’ve been a competitive swimmer all my life and am now a swim coach. Mountaineering, hiking and sailing are my other passions. But I only took up running recently at the age of 44. I’ve been a thru hiker all my life and watched the ever increasing number of trail trail runners sharing the trail with us hikers. That was what motivated me to give it a try as I was hiking 20-30 mile days and thought, if I could run these miles, I’d cut my time in half 

Willian Boardman

William is 13 years old and going into the 8th grade. His main sport is swimming in which he excels at - capturing State Champ in the 50 and 100 breast stroke last season. He began trail running with me at 11 and really took to it. He ran his first 50k at 12 and ran several more since. He completed his first 50Miler this past spring at the age of 13. He also runs track and xcou