What does the author reveal about the relationship between illness and especially mental illness and the experience of migration?

Purpose: For this essay, you will apply your analytical skills and choose a theme in order to construct meaning out of Cornejo Villavicencio’s book.

Explore the motifs of trauma and mental illness. What does the author reveal about the relationship between illnessand especially mental illnessand the experience of migration? Why do you think that Cornejo Villavicencio decided to share details of her own mental and physical illness with readers? How was the health of the many people featured in the book impacted by their own journey as migrants and their lives as undocumented people living in the United States? How does the book challenge or confront the heavy cultural stigma around illnessand mental illness particularlyboth within the undocumented community and at large in America?

7 pages essay (1900-2100 words) and 1 page reflection

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