Abriendo Puertas, Cerrando Heridas (Opening doors, closing wounds)

Frank Hernandez, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, USAElizabeth Murakami-Ramalho, University of Texas at San Antonio, USAGloria M. Rodriguez, UC Davis, USAJoanne M. Marshall, Iowa State University, USAJeffrey S. Brooks, University of Idaho, USABonnie Fusarelli, North Carolina State University, USACatherine A. Lugg, Rutgers University, USALatish C. Reed, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USAGeorge Theoharis, Syracuse University, USA

• Foreword, Gerardo Lopez.Introduction: Abriendo Puertas, Cerrando Heridas (Opening Doors, Closing Wounds), Frank Hernandez and Elizabeth Murakami.Part I: Personal Identity and Ideologies.Chapter 1. Why Did He Think I Was the Custodian or the Maintenance Person? The Challenges of Balancing Love, Life, and Work, Frank Hernandez.Chapter 2. Maestrita, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo.Chapter 3. On the Tenure Trek to Equanimity: ¡Oh, Cuán Lejos Llegarás!, Vonzell Agosto.Chapter 4. Being a Latina in the South: Being the Other of the Others in the Academic World, Paula Guerra.Chapter 5. Everything I Needed to Know to Succeed in Academia I Learned as a Migrant Worker: An Autoethnographic Account, Raymond V. Padilla.Chapter 6. Of and With: Stories of Belonging and Forging Multiple Latino/a Identities in Four Voices, Mónica Byrne-Jiménez, Adriana Villavicencio, Rosa Rivera-McCutchen, and Chris Torres.Chapter 7. Finding and Defining Yourself in the Company of Others, Israel Aguilar, Juan Nino, and Dessynie Edwards.Chapter 8. Testimonio for Living and Learning in Academia: Caring for Mind, Body, and Soul, Susan Hernandez and Leslie Gonzales.Part II: Higher Education Structures.Chapter 9. Introduction to Part II: Work–Life Balance within Higher Education Structures, Gloria M. Rodriguez.Chapter 10. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club: Latino Administrators in Higher Education, Jesse Perez Mendez.Chapter 11. Creating Work–Life Balance in Academia: Family, Community, and Self-Care, Lilliana Patricia Saldaña, Felicia Castro-Villarreal, and Erica Sosa.Chapter 12. Documenting the Undocumented: Sabidurías de una Chicana in Academia, Linda Prieto.Chapter 13. Bouncing Back from a Poor Third Year Review, Sylvia Martinez.Chapter 14. Between Two Worlds, María D. Avalos.Chapter 15. No Soy de Aquí, Ni Soy de Allá: Making My Way Through the Tenure Process, Margarita Jimenez-Silva.Chapter 16. Scholarship of Mind and Soul, Claudia Cervantes-Soon and Juan F. Carrillo.Chapter 17. Nuestras Raíces Ground Us: Reflecting Comunidad and Cultura in Who We Are as Latin@ Faculty, Laura Cortez, Melissa A. Martinez, Danielle Alsandor, Aurora Chang, and Anjalé D. Welton.Part III: Building Pedagogy and Academic/Social Capital for Latina/o Students.Chapter 18. Introduction to Part III: Higher Education and the Void of Culturally Relevant Spaces, Elizabeth T. Murakami.Chapter 19. Advocating for Intergenerational Leadership Among Latina/o Faculty, Staff, and Students, Antonio G. Estudillo and Amanda Flores.Chapter 20. Retention of Latina STEM Students in Texas: Exploring the Experiences That Should Be Considered, Elsa Gonzalez, Marie Valentin, Detra Johnson, Celestino Valentin Jr., Beatriz Lopez, Ariana Gonzalez, Yvonna Lincoln, and Christine Stanley.Chapter 21. Memory and Hunger: Feeding on Remnants of the Past in a PWI, Hilario Lomeli.Chapter 22. Flipping the Mirror: A Xicana Researcher Negotiating With the Act of Reflection, Margarita Berta-Avila.Chapter 23. Reclaiming My Voice and Finding a Balance in Academia: A Journey Towards Advocacy, Angelica M. Tello.Chapter 24. Latina/o Leaders in Espacios de Confianza: Creating Spaces Where Cultural Capital and Community Wealth Permeate, Fernando Valle, Sylvia Méndez-Morse, Irma Almager, and Hortensia Meg Cota.Epilogue, Caroline S. Turner.About the Contributors.