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A Transnational Educator’s Conocimiento Journey

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  • Kiyomi Umezawa

    (The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa)

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Globally, the number of immigrants keeps growing. More and more people leave their familiar places to seek a new life, and each of them carries their own story of migration. While a macro view is crucial in understanding migrations, the value of those individual stories has been recognized, but not enough. This autoethnography shares a story of the transformation of an East Asian female educator who migrated to the United States. Her transformation—from an apologetic and quiet East Asian woman with a “culturally surrendered mindset” into a proud advocator of multilingual children’s language rights—is analyzed with the notion of Conocimiento by Gloria Anzaldua. Conocimiento is a process of reaching enlightenment by recognizing and accepting ourselves as we are and connecting with others. Reflecting the spirit of Conocimiento, the study ends with a calling to fellow immigrants to rethink their self-identity and to be proud of who they are.

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  • Kiyomi Umezawa, 2025. "A Transnational Educator’s Conocimiento Journey," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 26(2), pages 1137-1153, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joimai:v:26:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s12134-024-01220-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s12134-024-01220-2
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