The reason for my website is to promote my three Chicano / Latino books,

CHOLOS: DREAMS & NIGHTMARES

by Frank R. Castillo, books that few people would dare write.

and CHICANO TODAY  Life in Aztlan

http://www.chicanotoday.50megs.com/index_1.html

and The Teachings of Betty Whipple (A Spiritual Journey)

http://www.theteachingsofbettywhipple.50megs.com/index.html

Since I am a first-time author and new self-publisher based in Santa Ana, Orange County, California, I do not have the resources that other publishing companies have.

About Me, Frank R. Castillo

    I was born in Cerritos, San Luis Potosi, Mexico and raised in Santa Ana, (Southern California).  I attended public schools (Lathrop Jr. High School and Santa Ana High School) in the Santa Ana Unified School District and graduated from both UC Irvine and UCLA.

    In 2001, I started Rising Star Publisher in Santa Ana, Orange County, California to promote good, Chicano/ Latino (Hispanic) Literature.  I will write and publish books that I wish I had read while I was growing up in the US.

These are some of the organizations that I belong to:

• Chican@s Unidos

           http://www.chicanosunidos.org/

• Los Amigos of Orange County

                 http://www.losamigosoc.com

•       Orange County Mexican American Society

                 http://www.ocmahs.org/about.shtml

• Santa Ana High School Latino Alumni Association (Co-Founder)

• Orange County Citizens For the Prevention of Gun Violence

               http://stopgunviolence.org/

• CTA (California Teachers Association)

          http://cta.org/home.aspx

      Also check out my blogs

•       Chicanos on TV

             http://chicanosontv.blog.com

•      Chicanos On TV

            http://chicanosontv.blogspot.com/

•       War On Our Youth

             http://waronouryouth.blog.com/