Research Interests

Intersections of Xicana spirituality, art, activism, and healing, indigenous food systems, reproductive justice, curanderismo, revolutionary mothering practices, restorative justice, liberatory and decolonial pedagogies, feminist theory, and Etruscology.  

Biography

Sara H. Salazar, PhD, (she/her), is a second-generation Chicana from rural Illinois (Kiikaapoi land) and a first-generation college graduate.  She is an activist, educator, mother, poet, abolitionist, and community organizer. 

Publications

Her most recent presentation was entitled Roots and Revolution in Mothering: Engaging Ancestral Roots to Co-Create a More Loving and Sustainable Future for Our Children. Her most recent publication was an essay in the anthology Pandemic Pedagogy: Narratives of Vulnerability, Grace, and Rebellion