7th Annual Ethnic, Gender, Transborder Studies/Sociology Summit, 2023 (Part 1 of 2, AM session)

The keynote speaker is Felicia ‘Fe’ Montes, M.A., M.F.A. She is a Xicana Indigenous holistic artivist, femcee, designer, poet, professor and practitioner of the healing arts from East Los Angeles. She is the co- founder and coordinator of Mujeres de Maiz, In Lak Ech, Botanica del Barrio and El MERCADO y Mas. Having organized, performed at and presented at hundreds of campuses and community spaces, Montes is known throughout the Southwest as an established Xicana cultural worker of a new generation.