Pat Mora By ashdude Jan 19, 1942 Born in El Paso Texas Period: Jan 19, 1942 to 2023 Pat Mora 1963 B.A from Texas Western College 1963 Married to Vermon Scarborough 1967 M.A from University of Texas at El Paso 1982 Poetry Award, New America: Women Artists and Writers of the Southwest, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1983 Creative Writing Award, National Association for Chicano Studies, Ypsilanti, Michigan 1984 Literary Award, Harvey L. Johnson Book Award, Southwest Council of Latin American Studies 1988 Authors of the Pass: El Paso Herald-Post Writers Hall of Fame 1990 Pellicer-Frost Bi-national Poetry Award, Ford Foundation, FEMAP Foundation, and Museo de Arte e Historia del INBA-Cd, Juárez 1990 Poetry Award, Conference of Cincinnati Women 1997 El día de los niños, El día de los libros/Children's Day, Book Day (Día) 2000 Ohioana Award in Children's Literature, Ohioana Library Association, (for body of work and contributions to children's literature) 2002 "Literary Lights for Children," Associates of the Boston Public Library 2002 "100 Library Champions," Texas Library Association Centennial 2006 Honorary Doctor of Letters, State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo 2006 National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award, Albuquerque, NM 2007 Roberta Long Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Celebrating the Cultural Diversity of Children, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2008 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, North Carolina State University 2008 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Letters, University of California at Santa Barbara 2008 The University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for Outstanding Contributions to Children's Literature, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 2010 Literary Legacy Award, El Paso Community College 2012 Loretto Legacy Award for Arts and Literature, 200th Jubilee on the Border, Sisters of Loretto, El Paso, Texas 2012 Con Tinta Achievement for Literary Activism, Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), Chicago Il 2015 Texas Writer Award, Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas 2017 Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, Kent State University, Akron, OH 2017 Lon Tinkle Award for Lifetime Achievement, Texas Institute of Letters, El Paso, TX 2017 The 2017 Coleen Salley Storytelling Award, University of Southern Mississippi