Mireya S. Vela's guest appearances

Mireya S. Vela

The Nasiona Podcast

LA LISTA: A Latinx Writers Podcast

Sylvia Ray

Tamara Yajia

Gabriela Navarro

Natalie Obando

Taylor Orci

Marlena Rodriguez

Tanya Saracho

Alexis Tirado

Nick Rodriguez

Richie Narvaez

Daniel Marquez

Armando Ibañez

Dailyn Rodriguez

Carlos Foglia

Maria Mealla

OwlTail

A RESTLESS Latinx Writer    We had an incredible conversation about growing up in El Monte, surviving an abusive household, maneuvering college &amp; her home life, and the reasons people get married.   Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks

A RESTLESS Latinx Writer We had an incredible conversation about growing up in El Monte, surviving an abusive household, maneuvering college &amp; her home life, and the reasons people get married. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @lalistapodcast Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks

24. MIREYA S. VELA

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? Mireya S. Vela is that woman. In this long-form interview, we discuss her art, creative nonfiction, social justice, motherhood, womanhood, being marginalized in the United States, and her new book, Vestiges of Courage: Collected Essays, which we, The Nasiona, are happy to be publishing in April of 2019.  Vestiges of Courage is a collection of personal essays that explores inequities and injustice. Raised between two cultures and two languages, Vela discusses how the systems in her family and in society worked to create an abusive environment that felt crushing, confusing, and hopeless. She delineates her experience of living through sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. This book is much more than a collection of experiences, though. Ms. Vela wants to know how and why abuse thrived in her family. She digs deep to understand why these things happened and how she survived.

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? Mireya S. Vela is that woman. In this long-form interview, we discuss her art, creative nonfiction, social justice, motherhood, womanhood, being marginalized in the United States, and her new book, Vestiges of Courage: Collected Essays, which we, The Nasiona, are happy to be publishing in April of 2019. Vestiges of Courage is a collection of personal essays that explores inequities and injustice. Raised between two cultures and two languages, Vela discusses how the systems in her family and in society worked to create an abusive environment that felt crushing, confusing, and hopeless. She delineates her experience of living through sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. This book is much more than a collection of experiences, though. Ms. Vela wants to know how and why abuse thrived in her family. She digs deep to understand why these things happened and how she survived.

Mireya S. Vela's Vestiges of Courage (Womanhood & Trauma Series)