Andrea, one of my lovely friends at the University of Utah, gives her experiences on what it is like having education with her intersectionality of being a Latina, first-generation student in a predominantly White state. We explore connections she has with her personal life and the work of Latinx scholars and educators listed below.

Aviña, S. M. (2016). "That's Ratchet'': A chicana feminist rasquache pedagogy as entryway to understanding the material realities of contemporary Latinx elementary-aged youth. Equity & Excellence in Education, 49(4): pp. 568-479.

Bernal, D. D., Burciaga, R., & Carmona, J. F. (2017). Taylor & Francis Group Equity & excellence in education, Vol. 45 (3), p. 363-372

Flores, G. M. (2017). Latina teachers: Creating careers and guarding culture. New York University Press.

Martínez, R. A. (2017, January). Texas Education Review, volume 5, issue 1: Dual language education and the erasure of Chicanx, Latinx, and Indigenous Mexican children: A call to re-imagine (and imagine beyond) bilingualism. TexasScholarWorks.

A Latina's Educational Experience in a Predominantly White State

Kimberly Ponce Gonzalez

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