The Journey of Immigrant Education in the Borderland: A Dual Autoethnography of Chicana Educators

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  In Poster Session: The English Learners in the Mainstream (ELM) Project: A Comprehensive Teacher Training Model

Abstract

Immigrant students face many educational challenges that require teachers and administrators to respond in meaningful ways. Immigrant families have different backgrounds that include poverty, illness, lack of education and feelings of hopelessness. As Chicana educators in a demographic area that is ninety-nine percent Latino, we have experienced these hardships and seen their experiences. There is a need for educators to understand immigrant students in order to ensure their educational success. The purpose of this research is to integrate the autoethnographies of two Chicana educators' lived experiences to understand the education of immigrant students and better inform educational policy, curriculum implementation, and pedagogical practices that promote their educational attainment and success.

Authors

• Anna B Gonzalez, Texas Tech University

• Julia Guadalupe Cuevas, Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD