Mexican Im/migrant Mothers in Rural Idaho: Trato De Mediar, Si No Puedo, Avanzo Poquito Más

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Abstract

Working through Chicana Feminist Epistemologies (Delgado Bernal, 1998), we use qualitative methods to examine the experiences of two Mexican im/migrant mothers, Amalia Rivera and Sofia Ramos. The focus is on how these mothers navigate the challenges of achieving academic success for their children and their communities in a rural school district in Idaho. Findings from this study illuminate how mothers employ overt and covert resistance to exclusionary and discriminatory practices their children and children within their communities’ encounter as they experience schooling. Findings from this study illuminate how mothers employ overt and covert resistance to exclusionary and discriminatory practices their children and children within their communities’ encounter as they experience schooling.

Authors

• Eulalia Gallegos Buitron, Oregon Department of Education

• Mariza Fernandez, Homedale School District #370