California State University, San Bernardino CSUSB ScholarWorks Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations Office of aduateGr Studies 9-2019 REVOLUCIÓN DE IDENTIDAD: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY ON SPANISH HERITAGE LANGUAGE & IDENTITY Cristina Velazquez Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd Part of the Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, and the Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Velazquez, Cristina, "REVOLUCIÓN DE IDENTIDAD: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY ON SPANISH HERITAGE LANGUAGE & IDENTITY" (2019). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 938. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/938 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Office of aduateGr Studies at CSUSB ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of CSUSB ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. REVOLUCIÓN DE IDENTIDAD: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY ON SPANISH HERITAGE LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of California State University, San Bernardino In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership by Cristina Alejandra Velázquez September 2019 REVOLUCIÓN DE IDENTIDAD: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY ON SPANISH HERITAGE LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of California State University, San Bernardino by Cristina Alejandra Velázquez September 2019 Approved by: Dr. Kathryn Howard, Committee Chair Dr. John Winslade, Committee Member Dr. Bonnie Piller, Committee Member © 2019 Cristina Alejandra Velázquez ABSTRACT This autoethnography narrative examines my journey as a first-generation Mexican immigrant woman from birth, through completion of the doctorate degree at California State University, San Bernardino.