MI TESTIMONIO: Crossing Borders in the Academy

I open this piece with a short testimonio in the hope that my experience bridges the frameworks, reflections, and narratives included in part 1 of this anthology to the strategies offered in part 3 to help graduate student writers navigate the structural, pedagogical, and personal challenges we face in the academy. Testimonio is a powerful methodology popularized by Latin Americans to give voice to those who are usually marginalized or erased from dominant society. This form of sharing personal and community experiences offers a way to inscribe “lived realities” that might otherwise get lost (Latina Feminist Group 2001, 2). Mi