With the semester already in full swing, we’re excited to share recent and upcoming events from our program:

On Tuesday, September 22, our program was thrilled to co-sponsor the film premiere of Prof. Carolina Gonzalez’s award-winning film How to Clean a House in 10 Easy Steps.

In the film, Beatriz Valencia, a domestic worker in the United States, and Carolina, her daughter and filmmaker, collaborate to create the fictional character of a writer. Together, mother and daughter capture the slippage between truth and fantasy in a hybrid documentary that tells a story about immigration, labor, dreams, and the power of fiction to spark emancipation.

And on Friday, September 25, we’re pleased to host an Hispanic Heritage Panel with Professors Erik Bernardino, Stephanie Pridgeon, and Clarisa Perez-Armendariz.