After spending several years working with inner city children and homeless families she decided that her first love, writing was a more effective way to use her skills. In 1996, the mother of seven wrote her first children's book based on cultural family foods. She turned her passion for working with children and young adults into a career by storytelling and teaching creative writing workshops and poetry seminars. Today Ms. Fajardo is the co-author of four multi-cultural children's books and is featured in the “Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul 2005” book. As the project director for the Colorado Folk Arts Council, Fajardo programs an award winning series of free cultural events in Arapahoe and Jefferson Counties.