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The purpose of Our Stories is to bring women’s work into the light, so that their writing receives recognition for the first time, and for other writers, once again receive validation—all writers for their success—for overcoming difficult challenges in their lives: discrimination, abuse, rejection, loss of a loved-one, separation from family—and today are individual stars that lead the way and inspire others.
Dedication
Introduction
A Mother is Born Darlin Cerritos
Hija de la Naranja en el San Joaquin Valley Ariana Chavez
Breaking My Father’s Rules Maria G. Martinez
Living in the Shadows: Memories of My Mexican American Family Lara Medina
Love Restored My Soul Snow Ojeda
Pareces a Una India, Jita Roberta Orona-Cordova
The Note Gina Pérez
Palomas Elvia Susana Rubalcava
Chavelita Aida Salazar
Camel Hump Mountains Ida Soon-ok
Mi madre la Guerrera: The story of a Second Generation Academic Mamá Yarma Velázquez Vargas
Contributor Biography’s
Roberta
Orona-Cordova
Roberta Orona-Cordova is a professor in Chicano/a Studies at California State, University, Northridge. She earned her B.A. in Rhetoric and Literature from U.C., Berkeley; an M.A. from San Francisco State University; and an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her teaching areas are creative writing, freshman composition, Mexican-American literature, and film history. The genesis of this anthology began in her summer writing workshop at the Le Rito Public Library in New Mexico—“Let’s Tell Stories.” Her four passions are reaching, writing, dancing, and spending time with her granddaughter.