Lourdes Diaz Soto

Adult ESL Immigrant Learners

Why do critics demand that immigrants learn English but continue to dismantle needed programs and funding?

Projects from the Heart: For Educational Leaders

Is our work reaching selected scholars only? Are we speaking to other professionals only? How might our work be coupled with ethical dimensions so that we can address the needs of children and families in an increasingly neoliberal postmodern context? As we examine the types of scholarship that can be liberating for ourselves, our children, our families, and our communities; we need to rid ourselves of outdated scholarly notions of subjectivity-only and move toward compassion, humanity, and love. Can our fields pursue projects with ameliorative intentions? What would such projects look like?

Profit y Femicidio En La Frontera

What are some of the global-economic connections between the maquiladora workers and the violence against young women of Juarez?

Pedagogy of the Immigrant/Conclusions

How might we follow a hope-filled vision that will impact the daily-lived realities of immigrant children, youth and adults?

Identities in “The Fourth World”

How does Guillermo Gomez-Pena’s terminology help us to reflect on our children and grandchildren’s ethnically mixed identities?

Introduction: La Politica

A meeting between President Bush and President Fox seemed to signal a cooperative spirit regarding immigration. What happened?