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[email protected]. Recommended Citation Portocarrero, Vilma E., "Memoria: Re(member)ing How to Heal" (2021). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 970. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/970 MEMORIA: RE(MEMBER)ING HOW TO HEAL by VILMA PORTOCARRERO B.A. University of Central Florida, 2021 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida Orlando Florida Spring Term 2021 Thesis Chair: Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés i Abstract This serves as a contextualization of my family history and a reflection of my lived experience as a first-generation Nicaraguan American woman living in the United States. In my writing, I explore displacement caused by political unrest and the intergenerational impact of war on families. This work is multi-genre, incorporating elements of creative nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and oral history. i Acknowledgments Completing this creative project would have been impossible without the participation, assistance, and support of so many individuals whose names may not all be enumerated.