Date of Award

2023-05-01

Degree Name

Ed.D.

Department

Educational Leadership and Administration

Advisor(s)

Jesus Cisneros

Abstract

For a very long time, Chicanas have experienced longstanding marginalization and oppression in higher education. They have been subjected, degraded and their voice silenced due to long-standing discrimination and oppression. Thus, the number of Chicanas in leadership roles in higher education is dismal. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how I found my voice through testimonio and self-reflection of my endured experiences and challenges as a former Chicana administrator in student services at a Hispanic Serving Institution. This study employed the theoretical frameworks of consejos and consejitos (Delgado Gaitan, 1994; Sanches & amp; Hernandez, 2020) and a Chicana Feminist Epistemology (Delgado Bernal, 1998) as lenses for understanding how I found my voice through self-reflection (Anzaldua, 1987; Espino et al., 2012).The study was conducted using testimonio as a method and methodology. I utilized testimonio as the research design. Testimonio methodology offered a format to document and develop understanding about the effects of oppression and the inspiration of pedagogy of the home, through consejos and consejitos (Delgado Gaitan, 1994; Sanches & amp; Hernandez, 2020), which help me endure my personal and professional journeys. Through my testimonio I tell the story on how my motherâ??s guidance is indisputably the strength that carried me through hardships, heartbreaks, and difficult experiences throughout my life and as a former Chicana administrator in student services at a Hispanic Serving Institution.

Language

en

Provenance

Recieved from ProQuest

File Size

p.

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Carla Cardoza

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