The larger narrative research study collected data through in-depth semi-structured interviews, field notes, participants’ journal reflections, and an identity questionnaire (García, 2018). The design of the original study reflected a narrative approach to elicit the experiences of Afro-Latino/a leaders in K-12 public school settings. Clandinin and Connelly’s (2000) recommended three-dimensional inquiry spaces were present in each of the participants’ “stories.” Due to the focus on Afro-Latino/as educational leaders, a purposeful sample was used. The two criteria for selecting participants included identifying as Afro-Latino/a and working as public school leaders.

The themes presented in García (2018) emerged after the development of the participant narratives and from further data analysis. Clandinin and Connelly (2000) outlined the following three-dimensional spaces for creating and analyzing narratives, 1) interaction, 2) continuity, and 3) situation. These three spaces are continuums and include personal or social events that occur in the past or present, and specific locations that affect the storyteller. In addition, Gibbs (2007), the following data analysis was performed: 1) summaries identified the beginning, the middle and the end of the story; 2) notes were made on the margins of the transcripts to note thematic ideas; 3) notes were made based on participant’ actions during the interviews; 4) participant’s feelings and emotive language were highlighted; and 5) data were coded thematically. For the purpose of this chapter, we returned to the original data to identify the experiences that were unique to the Afro-Latina participants.