This edited volume brings together voices of Latinx students, teachers, teacher educators, and education allies in Latinx communities to reveal ways in which today’s sociopolitical context has given rise to politically-sanctioned hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric. Contributors--key stakeholders in the education of immigrant Latinx children, youth, and college students--share how this rhetoric has exacerbated existing systemic injustices on K-Higher Education. They draw attention to counternarratives that speak to leadership and strength of community. Our contributors include high school and college students and faculty, community organizers, and early career academics, whose voices are too often underrepresented in academic conversations. This book highlights professional and personal acts of courage, community organization, and the transformation of students and educators who are stepping into leadership roles to effect change. Understanding that teaching and learning are political acts, we call all those vested in Latinx communities to engage in small and large acts of agency to collectively impact change in our K-Higher Education systems.

Contributions by: Joey Luevanos, Evelyn Baca, Jenny Jacobs, Orlando Carreon, Melody Esqueda, Laura Gomez, Ruth Luevanos, Christine Montecillo Leider, Megan Schantz, Molly Ross, Kenny Varner, Ofelia Schepers, Eleanora Villegas-Reimers, Jaclyn Caires-Hurley, Anne Ittner, Andrea Emerson, Nadeen Ruiz, Samantha Smith, Karen Kay, Jesus Cisneros, Ashley Coughlin, Karen Guerrero, Gabriella Luu, Patricia Quijada Cererer, Leticia Alvarez Gutiérrez