Started from the Bottom, Now We’re Here: Reflections of a Latinx Scholar-Activist

Abstract

Abstract This reflection chronicles the academic journey of a Latinx scholar through an under-resourced public school system to the director and co-founder of a Criminology program at a four year university. This auto-ethnographic case study highlights the impact of community, social programs and personal resilience to escape a life on the streets and a broken criminal justice system. The reflection concludes with a discussion of prison education and the need to humanize the criminal justice system.