The culminating assignment of the Mother Tongue English class is a personal synthesis essay to be published on the Santa Fe Reporter's “Mother Tongue” blog. Click here to read the work of 2015/2016’s class of seven young mothers and students, whose insights are relevant to parents of all ages. http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12213-mother-tongue-other-mothers-voices.html
The voices of these young women are important to their children, to themselves and their peers, and to our communities. Click on each of the links below to be directed to individual essays.
"Bonding without Breastfeeding" - Destiny Vigil http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12213-mother-tongue-other-mothers-voices.html#vigil
"Teen Parents and Obesity" - Cynthia Alvarez http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12213-mother-tongue-other-mothers-voices.html#alvarez
"Surviving Difficult Stages as a Single Teen Mom" - Marisol Chavez Miramontes http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12213-mother-tongue-other-mothers-voices.html#miramontes
"Time-less Parenting" - Anna Iris Bustillos http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12213-mother-tongue-other-mothers-voices.html#bustillos
"When Being a Parent Changes Your Plan" - Brenda Enriquez http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12213-mother-tongue-other-mothers-voices.html#enriquez
"My Birth, My Goal, My Achievement" - Odalys Garcia http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12213-mother-tongue-other-mothers-voices.html#garcia
"Teen Mom Milestones" - Jazmin Ordonez http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-12213-mother-tongue-other-mothers-voices.html#ordonez