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Vanderbilt Magazine: Prisca Mojica Rodriguez, MDiv’15: Rebel Writer

Vanderbilt Magazine: Prisca Mojica Rodriguez, MDiv’15: Rebel Writer

Born in Nicaragua and raised in Miami, Prisca Mojica Rodriguez had expected some culture shock upon moving to Nashville in 2012 to attend Vanderbilt Divinity School. But she hadn’t expected to rebuild the entire framework for understanding her identity. Read the rest here [https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2022/08/

Paperback!!! October 11, 2022

This “electrifying debut” (Los Angeles Times) arms women of color with the tools and knowledge they need to find success on their own terms For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels,

Latest Published Work: How Claiming My Brownness Helped Me Decolonize My Ideas Of Beauty

Latest Published Work: How Claiming My Brownness Helped Me Decolonize My Ideas Of Beauty

I do not get told I do not look Latina enough [https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/latinx-beauty-is-not-monolithic], and people are never in disbelief when they hear me identify as Latina. In fact, I have been told I look too Latina and that I act and look too Nicaraguan, specifically. Among

Latino Book Review

written by Jessica Hoppe For nearly a decade Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez has stood at the forefront of a cultural shift—the reckoning of the colonial project through the veil of Latinidad. Establishing a platform in 2013 via social media, Mojica Rodríguez bucked popular expectations of “Hispanic excellence” and narratives

Podcast, Tennessee Voices, Episode 222: Prisca Mojica Rodriguez, author of "For Brown Girls"

Culture shock greeted Nicaraguan American author Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez [https://www.priscadorcas.com/] when she moved from Miami to Nashville several years ago. She came to Music City with a full ride scholarship to Vanderbilt Divinity School, but she did not anticipate how difficult it would be to feel

Teen Vogue Feature: These Authors With Roots in Latin America Are Redefining Identity, Craft & Community

Teen Vogue Feature: These Authors With Roots in Latin America Are Redefining Identity, Craft & Community

BY LORRAINE AVILA [https://www.teenvogue.com/contributor/lorraine-avila]OCTOBER 1, 2021 One thing BIPOC folks are going to do is storytell to survive, to thrive [https://www.teenvogue.com/story/12-radical-latinx-groups-building-powerful-cultural-community-spaces] , to sustain, to rememory [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/08/toni-morrison-rememory-essay]. Despite the ways the publishing

Latest Published Work: My Mami Taught Me to Be Tough

Latest Published Work: My Mami Taught Me to Be Tough

published SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 AT 10:47AM AM EDT I remember calling my mami from an inflatable mattress in a dingy basement I had just moved into. I remember the self-nurturing and self-assurance I had to do just to dial her number. I was calling my mami to tell her