Soy Quién Soy: Formal Education After Incarceration

Latinx Intelligentsia

Ep 40

Future Dr. Joe Louis Hernandez has lived several lifetimes. By the age of 19, Joe Louis was an addict and facing incarceration. His life was changed after attending a drug treatment center that was connected to Mt. San Antonio College, a community college in Southern California.

As he moved through formal education to now as a doctoral student and full-time practitioner with the Rising Scholars program, Joe Louis has dedicated his life and career to supporting and advocating for those who were formally incarcerated and system-impacted to believe that there is life after incarceration and that they have an opportunity through formal education and training.

Joe Louis is placing street-wise knowledge in higher education research, all while keeping it real!

La Profesora is off to the ASHE conference, pero without her checklist for the annual AfroLatinx/a/o and Latinx/a/o Scholar Dinner. We're postponing it for this year, but tix are now are sale for the 2022 Dinner in Las Vegas! Go to: https://bit.ly/2022ASHEDinner for more details!

And don't forget to support John Lira, candidate for U.S. Congress representing the people of Texas 23rd! Find out more at liraforcongress.com! Donate to his campaign today!

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Side Notes:

For more information about the NASPA FISSIF Knowledge Community:

https://www.naspa.org/division/formerly-incarcerated-students-and-system-impacted-families-knowledge-community

Halkovic, A., & Greene, A.C. (2015). Bearing stigma, carrying gifts: What colleges can learn from students with incarceration experience. The Urban Review, 47, 759-782. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-015-0333-x

Encourage students to apply to the Sally Casanova Scholars Program!

https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/faculty-staff/predoc/SallyCasanovaScholars