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"Lake Michigan from the plane"

ALL ABOUT ME

I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where a small Mexican - American community was first established in the early twentieth century. This group grew into a multi-faceted Latino/a community in the twenty-first century, not unlike that of many Midwestern cities. This is one reason why the topic of Latino/as in the Midwest interests me; the Midwest being a region that has not always been viewed as a home to Latino/as.

I enjoy walking, hiking, yoga, bicycling, cross-country skiing, and sometimes skating.

My educational path was that of a non-traditional student: my undergraduate education was interrupted by several years of work. I completed the B.A. at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and went on to earn the M.F.A. at Arizona State University and the Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles. I funded my undergraduate studies by working summers in a steel mill and part-time as phone operator during the school year. When I later returned to undergraduate study I took out loans for one year to enable me to finish. Throughout my graduate studies I worked as a teaching or research assistant, and benefited from important scholarships and fellowships. Great teachers, mentors and classmates have blessed my path in higher education.

SOME PHOTOS

“Detail of Mural at Teotihuacan”

“At the Top of Pyramid of Sun”

“At Spain Conference on Chicano/a Literature”

“Guadalupe - Door Detail”

“Wilson/Mellon Fellows”