Frankie Soto is a two-time award winner of the Multicultural Poet of the year. He is the author of Petrichor which was announced as the winner for the 2025 North American Book Award in the category of Poetry. He was the 2024 New York Times Spotlight Author for his Petrichor & featured for the New York Times. His poetry has been featured by Fox, ABC News, Mothers against Drunk Driving and his poems “Spanglish” & “What if” are widely used for Freshman Orientations, Suicide Prevention Orgs & by professors/universities as part of their syllabus curriculum. Soto has been booked as a speaker at over 500+ Schools across the country.

Frankie Soto, Reading from ‘Petrichor’
Sunday, May 17
2:00 PM-2:25 PM
Poetry Corner