D.C. Mondays: Avocado Dreams
Salvadorans have transformed, and been transformed by, life in Washington, D.C., for more than four generations. Join University of Maryland, College Park, Professor Ana Patricia Rodríguez as she shares insights from her new book Avocado Dreams: Remaking Salvadoran Life and Art in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area (University of Arizona Press, 2025).
About Ana Patricia Rodríguez
Ana Patricia Rodríguez is professor of U.S. Latina/o/e and Central American literatures in the University of Maryland’s School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. She is the author of Avocado Dreams: Remaking Salvadoran Life and Art in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area (University of Arizona Press, 2025) and Dividing the Isthmus: Central American Transnational Histories, Literatures, and Cultures (University of Texas Press, 2009). A former president of the Latina/o Studies Association, she participates in numerous community-based and engaged projects with local immigrant communities in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
How to Participate
This program is free and will take place online. To participate, please register in advance to reserve your space. Once you have registered, we will email you a link and details for joining on Zoom. Simply follow that link at the time the program starts (12 p.m. EDT / 9 a.m. PDT). When you register, you can also request to receive a reminder email one day before the program with the link included.
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