Day 2: Who Are We?

Who are we? 

We are Somos Escritoras   

We are women of color fighting for our rights

Continuing to make the path for our future generations 

We are writers 

We are teachers 

We are students 

We are artists  

We are activists 

We are everything we need to be in order to fight for what we deserve 

Our voices are our weapon 

Our pen is the match

Like our ancestors before us we are warriors 

Our tongues breathe out the fire you all fear 

As we speak our truths we ignite the spark of our people 

As we put pen to paper we discover our identities, we connect back to the roots people have tried to take from us

But they cannot take our roots for they are engraved in our hearts, in our DNA, they are who we are

We are writers

We are leaders 

We are artists 

We are teachers

We are students 

We are mothers 

We are daughters

We are activists 

We are Somos Escritoras 

We are here to stay 

We are Somos Escritoras 

About the Author

Allegra Monet DeLeon, Freshman at Texas State & Somos Escritoras Alumni

My name is Allegria Monet DeLeon; my pronouns are she/her. I am a Mexican American born and raised in Austin, Texas.  I am 18 and am currently a freshman at Texas State. My current goals include pursuing and furthering my education, especially in the arts, psychology, sociology, and literature, and eventually becoming an art teacher. I want to be remembered as someone who inspired many, took risks, and helped improve the world's social and educational systems. I am so grateful to be a part of Somos since I was in this Writing Workshop starting in 6th grade when Somos first came to Austin, and now I am a junior mentor. 

About the Blog Series

The #LatinaLuminaries Blog Series by Somos Escritoras. The series was created to illuminate the wisdom, experiences, voices, and truths of Latina women and girls and the broader Latinx community. The blog series features writing from escritoras (participants) and writing mentors from Somos Escritoras Latinx Writing Workshop. Published Latina authors, writers, poets, and illustrators who presented at our workshop also contributed to the blog series.