Emir Estrada

A fascinating and important understanding of the role relational mentoring can play in higher education The mentor-mentee relationship is one of the most critical aspects of academic training. Mentors provide intellectual and personal support, information about career opportunities, and arrange financial assistance through research assistantships or fellowships. The initiators of The Heart of Mentorship, Emir Estrada, Veronica Montes, and Fatima Suarez have a few things in common that served as the main motivation to write a book on mentorship. First, all three are first-generation college students and children of immigrants from Mexico. Second, they all had an opportunity to be mentored by the same person, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, whose type of mentorship was instrumental in shaping their own development as scholars and now as mentors. Drawing on the collective mentoring experiences they and other mentees had with Hondagneu-Sotelo during their academic training, along with the reflections of esteemed senior scholars on their own mentoring practices, The Heart of Mentorship examines distinct areas of mentorship from the perspectives of both the mentor and the mentee. Contrary to the traditional "top-down" hierarchical model of mentorship in the academy, The Heart of Mentorship examines relational mentoring in higher education, offering intergenerational wisdom, strategies, and reflections from PhD scholars across the U. S., with a focus on first-generation Latinx graduate students, addressing both personal experiences and structural barriers through a model that is intellectually rigorous yet infused with reflexivity, passion, connection, equity, and transformative relationships. Essential reading for graduate students, faculty, administrators, and anyone committed to building more inclusive and empowering academic communities, The Heart of Mentorship provides a vital guide to navigating both the challenges and the possibilities of higher education.

A fascinating and important understanding of the role relational mentoring can play in higher education The mentor-mentee relationship is one of the most critical aspects of academic training. Mentors provide intellectual and personal support, information about career opportunities, and arrange financial assistance through research assistantships or fellowships. The initiators of The Heart of Mentorship, Emir Estrada, Veronica Montes, and Fatima Suarez have a few things in common that served as the main motivation to write a book on mentorship. First, all three are first-generation college students and children of immigrants from Mexico. Second, they all had an opportunity to be mentored by the same person, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, whose type of mentorship was instrumental in shaping their own development as scholars and now as mentors. Drawing on the collective mentoring experiences they and other mentees had with Hondagneu-Sotelo during their academic training, along with the reflections of esteemed senior scholars on their own mentoring practices, The Heart of Mentorship examines distinct areas of mentorship from the perspectives of both the mentor and the mentee. Contrary to the traditional "top-down" hierarchical model of mentorship in the academy, The Heart of Mentorship examines relational mentoring in higher education, offering intergenerational wisdom, strategies, and reflections from PhD scholars across the U. S., with a focus on first-generation Latinx graduate students, addressing both personal experiences and structural barriers through a model that is intellectually rigorous yet infused with reflexivity, passion, connection, equity, and transformative relationships. Essential reading for graduate students, faculty, administrators, and anyone committed to building more inclusive and empowering academic communities, The Heart of Mentorship provides a vital guide to navigating both the challenges and the possibilities of higher education.

Winner, 2020 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association Winner, 2020 Early-Career Book Award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education How Latinx kids and their undocumented parents struggle in the informal street food economy Street food markets have become wildly popular in Los Angeles—and behind the scenes, Latinx children have been instrumental in making these small informal businesses grow. In Kids at Work, Emir Estrada shines a light on the surprising labor of these young workers, providing the first ethnography on the participation of Latinx children in street vending. Drawing on dozens of interviews with children and their undocumented parents, as well as three years spent on the streets shadowing families at work, Estrada brings attention to the unique set of hardships Latinx youth experience in this occupation. She also highlights how these hardships can serve to cement family bonds, develop empathy towards parents, encourage hard work, and support children—and their parents—in their efforts to make a living together in the United States. Kids at Work provides a compassionate, up-close portrait of Latinx children, detailing the complexities and nuances of family relations when children help generate income for the household as they peddle the streets of LA alongside their immigrant parents.

Winner, 2020 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, given by the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological Association Winner, 2020 Early-Career Book Award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education How Latinx kids and their undocumented parents struggle in the informal street food economy Street food markets have become wildly popular in Los Angeles—and behind the scenes, Latinx children have been instrumental in making these small informal businesses grow. In Kids at Work, Emir Estrada shines a light on the surprising labor of these young workers, providing the first ethnography on the participation of Latinx children in street vending. Drawing on dozens of interviews with children and their undocumented parents, as well as three years spent on the streets shadowing families at work, Estrada brings attention to the unique set of hardships Latinx youth experience in this occupation. She also highlights how these hardships can serve to cement family bonds, develop empathy towards parents, encourage hard work, and support children—and their parents—in their efforts to make a living together in the United States. Kids at Work provides a compassionate, up-close portrait of Latinx children, detailing the complexities and nuances of family relations when children help generate income for the household as they peddle the streets of LA alongside their immigrant parents.