Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri was born in Salinas, California. As a child of farm laborers, she moved with her family every two to three months. When she was not in school, she was working in the fields[...]

Border Narrativespalabra.November 22, 2022

David Damian Figueroa’s El Oz

David Damian Figueroa still clearly recalls the day more than 30 years ago when he first set foot in Los Angeles to chase a career in entertainment. He remembers coming over a big hill overlooking Interstate 10, with the Los Angeles skyline on the horizon[...

Border Narrativespalabra.November 22, 2022

Pandemic Border Stories

Transforming Borders and Newsrooms through Borderzine

Border Narratives, Featurepalabra.November 9, 2022

Cruzando Líneas

Creating connection and community across border lines

Border Narrativespalabra.October 29, 2022

Transgressing Borders

Xelestial Moreno-Luz reimagines southern border transcultural narratives

Border Narrativespalabra.October 29, 2022

Prieto

Artist highlights the immigrant experience and disrupts border narratives[…]

Feature, Border Narrativespalabra.October 21, 2022

Translatin@ Migration

Bamby Salcedo is on a mission to spread TransLatina power. Salcedo is president and chief executive officer of the TransLatin@ Coalition, a community-based organization that provides direct services to Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex (TGI) immigrant women[…]

Border Narrativespalabra.October 8, 2022

Essential Workers and UndocuJoy in Riverside County

What is Undocumented Joy? For photojournalist Yunuen Bonaparte, it refers to the inherent sense of joy and gratitude that exists in these immigrant communities despite difficult circumstances and injustices[…]

Border Narrativespalabra.August 4, 2022