Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz

Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz is a Mexicana/Chicana fronteriza queer educator, performer, activist, and award-winning author and translator. She is a professor of Spanish and Global Latinx studies at Trinity University. She authored Wild Tongues: Transnational Mexican Popular Culture and co-wrote Writing that Matters: A Handbook for Chicanx/Latinx Studies. She is a proud Macondista who is currently working on her memoir.

Barrio Dreams Barrio Dreams
Barrio Dreams

Barrio Dreams

Selected Plays

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Maldito Cáncer Maldito Cáncer
Maldito Cáncer

Maldito Cáncer

Testimonios of Latinx Solidarity, Love, and Resistance

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Writing that Matters Writing that Matters
Writing that Matters

Writing that Matters

A Handbook for Chicanx and Latinx Studies

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