The Role of Grand/Mothers’ Ways of Knowing in West Coast Latina Students’ Collegiate Experiences

Abstract

Through a Chicana/Latina Feminist lens centering ways of knowing, we highlight how Latina abuelas and mothers often serve as unofficial teachers in their grand/daughter’s educational trajectories. Specifically, through dichos and consejos, these Latina maternal figures impart the knowledge necessary to navigate incongruent educational spaces and persist.

Keywords

• Chicana/Latina
• ways of knowing
• maternal figures
• family