A portrait of Carmen: Proudly Kichwa from Saraguro

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https://doi.org/10.32719/26312816.2020.2.3.6

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Indigenous Latin woman, Kichwa from Saraguro, pPortraiture methodology,

Abstract

In this work, the author relies on the qualitative portraiture framework and on more than four months of communication to draw Carmen's reality, a Kichwa woman from Saraguro, Ecuador, living in Maryland, the United States. The results of this study draw a little-known reality about Carmen as a trilingual Kichwa immigrant woman who, in turn, is a matriarch of her family, university student, defender, and educator of her children in schools and at home, as well as a bridge of indigenous cultural knowledge for the new generation within their home.

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Author Biography

Luis Javier Pentón Herrera, American College of Education. Indianápolis, EE.UU.

Dr. Luis Javier Pentón Herrera is a literacy and language educator. His research interests and areas of expertise include Bilingual Education, Spanish, ESOL/ESL, Literacy Education, and Problem-Based Service-Learning (PBSL).

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Published

2020-10-13

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Pentón Herrera, L. J. (2020). A portrait of Carmen: Proudly Kichwa from Saraguro. Andean Journal of Education, 3(2), 41–49. https://doi.org/10.32719/26312816.2020.2.3.6

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020): Revista Andina de Educación, 3(2) (mayo-octubre, 2020).

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