Teresa Carbajal Ravet, MA

If we do not recognize our humanity in others, we shall not recognize it in ourselves. ~Carlos Fuentes  Recently I have been identified as being diplomatic and idealistic, two adjectives that I would not have chosen for myself. I suppose I continue to have the same self-image I’ve had for some time, without taking into [...]

I came into foreign language teaching by way of need. As a graduate student working on a Master’s degree in Spanish literature & linguistics, I was awarded an assistantship that necessitated the teaching of Spanish 101, 102, and their accompanied labs. Hijole! Not in my plans. To stand in front of a class, full of [...]

PRESS RELEASE In 1969, under El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán, the Chicano Movement ushered in a renewal of the consciousness of mestizaje, the mixture of Spanish and Indian as a basis for cultural identity. By 1980 many Chicana/o activists had decided to steer a different course, that of reclaiming indigenous identity. “…and the dead shall [...]