Challenges for Maya Family Continuity in a Transbordered World

James Loucky has worked with Maya families in highland Guatemala since the 1970s, and thereafter with Central American and Mexican-descent communities in the United States, as well as on U.S.-Mexico border issues. Following graduate and post-graduate work at UCLA, he began work as anthropologist at Western Washington University, in 1990. His humanitarian and applied commitments are evident in child and family advocacy, as well as collaborative involvement around protections and rights to move in a world of mounting political and planetary challenges. In addition to co-developing the online journal “Maya America,” he speaks and writes about the Maya diaspora, provides expertise in political asylum cases, and works to support indigenous cultural determination and environmental restoration efforts. Katie Goger received her bachelor’s degree in social sciences from California Polytechnic State University and her master’s degree in anthropology from Western Washington University in 2012. She currently is completing her Master of Social Work at Boise State University with anticipated completion in fall 2020. She has over ten years of experience providing evidence-informed parenting prevention and intervention programs, specifically to tribal communities. She continues her work in supporting Indigenous families in her position as a parenting specialist at Lummi Nation Behavioral Health in Bellingham, Washington. Specific interests include participatory action research, separated parenting, intergenerational trauma, parent-child attachment, and mindfulness approaches for children and families.