Publications:
Irene is a published writer. Her work has appeared on CNN, Huffington Post, Public Radio International, Inside Higher Education and more. She writes on her blog Xicana Ph.D. and is a freelance writer and education consultant.
Some of her selected published work is listed below.
RESEARCH/POLICY
National College Attainment Network "Schools Can Stop Summer Melt: Lessons from the Wisconsin Text Steps Project", August 31, 2021
COMMENTARY
The Education Trust "Why I Teach Where I Teach: To Continue the Latino Legacy" , September 15, 2020
The Luz Collective "Relief Funds Like PPP Remain Elusive for Latina Business Owners", May 26, 2020
The Luz Collective "Latina Creatives Take on Coronavirus", April 17, 2020
CNN "El Paso horror spotlights long history of anti-Latino violence in the US" ,August 5, 2019
PRI "With all eyes on elite university admissions, community college stories go unheard", May 2, 2019
Huffington Post "50 Years After The East LA Walkouts, We’re Still Fighting For Latino Students", March 2, 2018
Inside Higher Education "A Scholar Pays Tribute to an Academic Mentor", August 25, 2017
American Federation of Teachers
"I have a Ph.D. and I'm on welfare".
Originally published on my blog
www.xicanaphd.com
BOOK CHAPTERS/ESSAYS
Latina Outsiders (Routledge, 2019)
Single Mothers Speak on Patriarchy (2016, The Girl God)
SHORT STORIES
BASTA! 100 Latinas Write on Violence Against Women (2017, University of Nevada-Reno Press)
POETRY
Poem in Somos Xicanas, (2024, Riots of Roses Press)
Poems in Cutthroat: A Jorunal of the Arts and the Black Earth Institute, Fall 2020
Poems in San Bernardino Singing from Inlandia Institute, Summer 2020