The Pepperdene Speaker Series
Master storyteller and award-winning writer, Luis Alberto Urrea.
Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and award-winning writer, a master storyteller who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. In all of his work, Luis encourages empathy and compassion for our shared humanity.
The Pepperdene Speaker Series brings writers of distinction to Paideia through the support of a legacy gift from Jane Pepperdene, a profound teacher who taught literature at Paideia and Agnes Scott College for more than twenty years. Jane was an absolute believer in the power of story. Her gift to the school has brought prolific writers such as Richard Wilbur, former United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, and even one of Jane’s students and Paideia alum, Mosi Secret ’97 to campus to engage with students, parents, alumni, and the community. Thanks to Jane’s generosity and her legacy gift, writers of distinction will be able to continue to do the same for years to come.
If you are interested in including Paideia in your legacy plans and joining our Fountain of Youth Society, please contact Kelly Douglas ’02 at douglas.kelly@paideiaschool.