Reflections on Resistance and Love in Times of Violence and Terror

Reflections on Resistance and Love in Times of Violence and Terror By Irene Sanchez, Ph.D. Xicana Ph.D. I've been reflecting and sitting with myself for a year since I last wrote here in the summer of 2024. After surviving terror in my own life for many years from the most horrific physical assault of my … Continue reading Reflections on Resistance and Love in Times of Violence and Terror

Your Brilliance Can’t Be Measured By Degrees: A Xicana Writer’s Reflection on Two Years Since Finishing a Ph.D.

Your Brilliance Can’t Be Measured by Degrees: A Xicana Writer's Reflections on Two Years Since Finishing a Ph.D. By Xicana Ph.D. "You don't build bridges to safe and familiar territories, you have to risk making un mundo nuevo, you have to risk uncertainty of change. And nepantla is the only space change happens. Change requires … Continue reading Your Brilliance Can’t Be Measured By Degrees: A Xicana Writer’s Reflection on Two Years Since Finishing a Ph.D.