My own story of
immigration began in 2001, since then I have been learning how to live
in a place where people label me and expect me to fit into their idea of what a
Mexican immigrant woman should be and how she should behave. In many ways I do
not fit in the majority of the molds people try to put me. I am not the
immigrant people recognize in the news; I am part of a minority that arrive to
the United States knowing English, with education, a professional career, the
ones that usually do not count in the surveys. I am bilingual and when I
immigrated I already had a B.A. in Communication and significant professional
experience that allowed me to continue with a similar life style than in my
country. Once in the United States, I continue my education earning a M.A. in
Bicultural-Bilingual Studies and Ph.D. in Culture, Literacy and Language. My research
interests are: Media and Latinos, Immigration & Migration, Pop Culture,
Culture and Media, Media Literacy, Media and gender, Media and minorities
I am a former journalist, an academic, a
woman, a Mexicana by birth, an American by papers, with the perspective of two
countries that share a deep immigration history in times when the media tell us
how to think, what to do, what to say, what to buy. . . and what an immigrant
is.
