Border Narratives

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[...]

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[...

Transforming Borders and Newsrooms through Borderzine

Creating connection and community across border lines

Xelestial Moreno-Luz reimagines southern border transcultural narratives

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

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[…]

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[…]