Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz

Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz is a Mexicana/Chicana fronteriza queer educator, translator, writer, activist, and performer from Sonora, Mexico, and southern California. She is a professor of Spanish as well as Chicanx studies, queer studies, and global Latinx studies at Trinity University. She authored Wild Tongues: Transnational Mexican Popular Culture. Her story “First Visit” is about being previously undocumented appears in the anthology Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings.
Barrio Dreams Barrio Dreams
Barrio Dreams

Barrio Dreams

Selected Plays

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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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