Special Issue TABLE OF CONTENTS

“DACA, TPS, and Uncertainty:
Immigrant Lives in the Contemporary U.S.”

From the Editors, "Letter to Our Readers 2019"
LITERARY ESSAYS
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Monica Hernandez
"The Salvadoran War Through the Perspective of
One Day of Life’s Guadalupe Fuentes"
Brandon Mejia
"Challenging Fixed Identities"
Sebastian Peña
"Revolutionizing Gender Roles: : A Look at One Day of Life"
Clarissa Quintanilla
"Coming to Term with Our Impending Realities"
Jennyfer Rodriguez
"La Resistencia Indígena en la Literatura Centroamericana"
ART
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Yessica Santana
"Are We American Enough Now?"
Laura Alfaro
"No Wall Will Stop Us"
Luciano Lemus
"The Streets Adopted Me"
MEDIA ANALYSIS
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Jennifer Baltazar Baltazar
"Facing Sacrifices in Maid in America"
Jasmin Gonzalez
“Being Your Own Person Is Better Than Needing A Man”: A Look at Female Hip Hop Artists Ana Tijoux And Rebeca Lane
Oscar Lopez
"Women Becoming Stronger"
Nick Sulyan
"A Feminist Perspective on La Yuma, Maid in America, and 'Super Chica en Atitlán'”
Ani Tovmasyan
"Gender Expectations: Breaking Female Gender Roles in La Yuma"
FICTION
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Christian Barragan
"The Divide"
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"The Records Are True"
Tania Romero
"Mas Doraditos"
SPATIAL and POLITICAL INSIGHTS
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Ingres Barrera
"Having Opportunities as an American Citizen"
Vanessa Cruz
"Central American Woman in Los Angeles"
Andrea Gonzalez
"A Playlist to My Life"
Brandon Mejia
"Quiche Alive and Thriving"
Sebastian Peña
"Becoming the Breadwinner: The Day My Life Changed Forever"
Alejandra Quiroz
"Corruption in Honduras: The Invisible Killer"
Ani Tovmasyan
"The Unspoken Rule That Haunts Every Day of My Life"
Karina Valencia
"The Loss of Innocence: An Autoethnography on Child Marriages"
Galilea Villalba
"The City of Change"
POETRY
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Christian Barragan
"Seeds"
Leonides Bermudez
​Not Welcomed: “Search Warrant,” “The Unfashionable Mexican That Wears Mexican Fashion,” and “Naturalized Citizen”
Jamy Garcia
Womyn
Silvia Nuno
"This One Was Taken by My Tia, My Dad’s Sister, and Everything You Don’t Know"
Jennyfer Rodriguez
Four Poems: "A Mi Madre," "Emperador," "Para Vos," and "Nuestros Pueblos al Poder"
Professor Karla Cativo’s CAS 368 Class
"Special Poetry Project Featuring Andrew Mayben, Cooper Lyden, Desiree Leon Rosales, Edwin Cortez, Eric Chavez, Erick Guevara, and Kevin Ramirez"
VIDEO PROJECT
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Leonardo Rodriguez
"Migrant Trail"