Chapter 4: From Being Considered at-Risk to Becoming Resilient: An Autoethnography of an Immigrant Child Finding Her Voice in Becoming a U.S. Citizen
-
Published:2015
Rosalinda Mercado-Garza, 2015. "From Being Considered at-Risk to Becoming Resilient: An Autoethnography of an Immigrant Child Finding Her Voice in Becoming a U.S. Citizen", Autoethnography as a Lighthouse: Illuminating Race, Research, and the Politics of Schooling, Stephen D. Hancock, Ayana Allen, Lewis Chance W.
Download citation file:
Many years ago when I started my autoethnographic journey, while working on my dissertation at Texas A&M University in College Station, I opted to disclose my narrative on abuse and poverty. In that research titled From Being Considered At-Risk to Becoming Resilient: An Autoethnography of Abuse and Poverty (2009), I wrote:
The introduction is still the same. The layers of experiences have been many (Abilene Christian University, 2008; Colvett, 1994; Mercado, 1994). As the years passed since sharing my story of hope and overcoming all odds, I began reading the responses from friends who only knew of the person who hid all of the adversity. My story resonated with many readers. My high school classmate Melissa shared in an email,
