Sarah Cortez

From the Hispanic Heritage Month panel "Houston's Finest: Latina/o First Responders Who Live the Life and Tell the Tales," Houston police officer and poet, Sarah Cortez, reads from three of her current works: Our Lost Border: Essays on Life Amid the Narco-Violence, Cold Blue Steel, and How to Undress a Cop. Her poetry challenges Hollywood stereotypes as it embodies the spirit and heart of our officers.