Sostenemos a Nuestras Hermanas: Sistering as M(other)work in the Educational Pathways of Chicana/Latina Students

• In Event: Labor of Love and Resistance: M(other)work in the Lives of Chicana Graduate Students

Abstract

This paper expands Chicana M(other)work by centering Chicana/Latina sistering to contribute to a nuanced understanding of the responsibilities, roles, and contributions of Chicana/Latina college students in their family and academic lives. This study highlights the ways in which sistering, a labor of othermothering manifests in the educational trajectories of Chicana/Latina college students.

Author

• Brianna R Ramirez, University of California - San Diego