"Before I Say Goodbye" is a poetic play in five acts that invites the reader into the story of an Aries Brujita & classic Virgo crashing into each other. The book is filled with Easter eggs for readers to decipher, and poems calling and answering each other throughout. "Before I Say Goodbye" is the roadmap for anyone who has ever been afraid to leave a relationship. You cannot love someone into loving you, but you can love yourself enough to say goodbye to them and to start saying hello to yourself.

Janette Valenzo is a bilingual queer Chicana actor, poet, teaching artist, Tarot reader, and mental health advocate. She's been published in several literary journals. She currently teaches with UCLA and several arts-based nonprofits, while writing a monthly career Tarotscopes column for Powerful Latinas Rising. She attends USC for a Master of Education in School Counseling and holds a BFA from NYU Tisch. For more on her work, visit www.janettevalenzo.com.

Author: Janette Valenzo
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Alegria Magazine
Published: 04/02/2022
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d
ISBN: 9781737992783

About the Author
Janette Valenzo is a bilingual Chicana actor, teaching artist, writer, and graduate student at USC for a Master of Education in School Counseling. She believes we need to address the inequities in society through all possible means (education, performing arts, politics, etc.). That's why you may experience whiplash as you scroll through the pages of her website that range from her performing in summer Shakespeare festivals to her time working as an Advance Associate for the Obama Administration. She specifically works with projects that support historically marginalized communities and encourages others to working towards an equitable future.