I've lived all my life in a world of machismo where women are nobody. Every day that goes by I'm still in the fight to have a voice.
Identity
Giving up is not an option. Only when all people are recognized and respected and treated with dignity will the fight end. Only when we decide that we belong to the same tribe – the human race!
La Raza Humana
The other girls thought I was from Mexico, and they used to say “go back to your Mexico, where you should be.”
Hardworking Girl
Life is hard and difficult to live, but there are times when all the suffering we have gone through is rewarded.
I Love What I Do!
He responded, “A history degree won’t pay the bills, why not become a nurse? They get paid well.” I told him I was not passionate about nursing and the thought of blood made me sick. Besides, I wanted to teach not work in a hospital.
My Father Tells Me
It was a big change for me to leave my family, my sisters, my mom, it was the hardest thing for me, but for that reason I do not give up.
The Life of an Ordinary Person
Although I was aware of racial inequality, I wasn’t critical of it. My introduction to consciousness was through feminism. My experiences as a female were easier to articulate than those around race.
Writing to Tell
Too Mexican for the White kids, too White for the Mexican kids.
Subtractive Bilingualism
I know and believe in the long game, the years long struggle to fix what was purposefully broken. I can be angry and humble. I can be frustrated and introspective. My hate and sadness burn together, they fuel my drive to give back, to demand equality, equity, diversity, and recognition.
Recognition
1 I stand on the shoulders of a very strong willed and loving matriarchal grandmother who raised me and was the unofficial leader of her newly immigrated family to this country from Mexico.