Wiley Latina Leadership: Language and Literacy Education Across Communities (Writing, Culture, and Community Practices)

About the Author Laura Gonzales is assistant professor of digital writing and cultural rhetorics in the Department of English at the University of Florida. She is the author of Sites of Translation: What Multilinguals Can Teach Us about Digital Writing and Rhetoric.Michelle Hall Kells teaches courses on rhetoric and writing in the Department of English at the University of New Mexico. Her most recent book is Vicente Ximenes, LBJ's Great Society, and Mexican American Civil Rights Rhetoric. Product Description null Review I wish I could put my arms around all these powerful Latinas and thank them for their important, generative, and valuable work. I wish to thank them for bringing this volume into the world.-- "Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés, University of Central Florida"Currently, there is not enough published in mainstream university presses and academic journals which engages these kinds of Latina perspectives, especially in their varied forms, something this volume accomplishes in no uncertain terms.-- "Jaime Armin Mejia, Texas State University"These authors have collectively responded to multiple, intersecting issues facing Latina educators, students, and activists with brilliance, nuance, care/love, and rigor. They have accomplished the task of highlighting the often unseen, overlooked, and undervalued labor and intellectual legacies of Latinas in education.-- "Gabriel Raquel Rios, University of Colorado, Boulder"These Latina scholar testimonies describe riveting journeys both in their personal and academic lives: tales of perseverance. This book will be a gift to my daughters ... and my son. Adelante, Latinx.-- "Alfredo Celedón Luján, President, National Council of Teachers of English"