The Literacy Practices of DREAMers: A Qualitative Study

• In Event: 69.056 - Roundtable Session 31
  In Roundtable Session: 69.056-9 - Adolescent Writing Realities Across Time and Space

Abstract

The present paper explores how self-identified DREAMers engage in activism, with a focus on their multimodal literacy practices. The main objective was to analyze the ways in which engaging as a DREAMer can provide undocumented youth in college a space to navigate their identity struggles and negotiate the challenges of their marginalized experiences.

Author

• Cristina Patricia Salazar Gallardo, Teachers College, Columbia University