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Testimonios de Esperanza

The Cost of Being Undocumented is out now!

“We should want to invest in immigrants rather than building a system that profits from violence.”

Resources for an Alien Country

“I wish I didn't have to talk about these things, that they weren’t important.”

“It's a matter of being strategic, but it's also a matter of being brave.”

Undocumented Parenting: The Monster Under My Bed.

“There are people who are innocent who have just been written out of existence, essentially. My brain bottoms out thinking about it.”

“It seems like there are basically no guardrails in any direction.”

Journalist Jonathan Blitzer describes trying to cover the onslaught of Trump's immigration policies.

A Request to Help Share The Cost of Being Undocumented

Ode to My Self

“A part of me feels very uncomfortable promoting my books right now, in a time when the events in them are so much more amplified.”

"I'm proud of all my books, but I feel like this is my best book."

“What called me to write was, unfortunately, the child separation crisis that was happening at the border.”

"You won't have your names when you ride the big airplane, all they will call you will be deportees."

"Be calm ... You do not have to say anything to somebody who comes up to you."

“Once I started speaking out against white supremacy … I was pushed out hard.”

I can’t constantly share my own experience or status because right now people are going to weaponize my situation.

All the art that I create is geared towards the immigrant and the undocumented experience.

Undocumented Parenting: The Talk

Supporting Undocumented Students, Parents, and Teachers: Emergency Resources for Everyone

"It shouldn't have taken me this long to know about the term ‘toxic masculinity’": Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez on discoveries in academia, creating Latina Rebels, and her future work

“I believe in the work of being vulnerable. I call it scar-sharing. … People are way more open to reflecting on themselves if you're willing to go there first.”

“Everybody should read it. But Latinas are the protagonists.”

With each breath, we inhale someone else’s yesterdays.

Ode to Cecilia

La Que Se Caso Por Amor + Los Papeles (The One Who Got Married for Love + Papers)