Latinx in Publishing presents a Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Panel. Beyond the headlines are deeply human stories that deserve context, nuance, and understanding. In this conversation, Latinx authors and journalists use long-form journalism, research, and scholarship to illuminate some of today's most pressing issues, including immigration, citizenship, history, identity, and the evolving experiences of Latines in the United States. Through rigorous reporting, in-depth research, and powerful storytelling, these writers foster greater awareness and empathy by revealing the human impact of the issues shaping our communities and our nation.
🗓️ When: Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 8:30pm ET
📍 Where: Virtual panel via zoom (Register here)
Panelists:
Nancy Flores, Moderator, Austin Vida Editor & Publisher
Marla A. Ramírez, PhD, Professor and Author of BANISHED CITIZENS (Harvard University Press)
Jazmine Ulloa, Journalist and Author of EL PASO (Dutton)
Bios:
Nancy Flores is Editor and Publisher of Austin Vida, and Journalist and Founder of Cultura Media. Nancy is also an alumna of the Hispanic Austin Leadership Program and served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and helped relaunch its local Central Texas Chapter. Learn more about Nancy at https://austinvida.com/team
Marla A. Ramírez, PhD, is a historian of the US–Mexico border and Assistant Professor of History and Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Professor Ramírez investigates how processes of mass immigration removals have imposed notions of illegality on citizens in their own native countries. Specifically, she centers the everyday experiences of women and children in what we refer today as mixed-status families. She is the author of Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women Who Endured Repatriation (Harvard University Press, October 2025). Her book has garnered several prestigious book awards, including the 2026 Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and Gender History (OAH), the 2026 Philip Taft Labor History Book Award (LAWCHA), the 2026 Theodore Saloutos Book Award (IEHS), the 2026 First Book Award (IEHS), the 2026 Sal Castro Memorial Book Award in Chicano History (UCSB), the 2026 honorable mention for the Merle Curti Social History Award (OAH), and the 2025 Kirkus Reviews’ Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. Professor Ramírez has also published articles in the journal of Latino Studies, New Political Science, Aztlán, and Social Justice. Learn more about Professor Ramírez at https://history.wisc.edu/people/ramirez-marla-a/.
Jazmine Ulloa is a national reporter for The New York Times. She previously reported for The Boston Globe, where she was part of a team that won the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, and the Los Angeles Times. A native of El Paso, she started out as a journalist in Texas, where she worked for newspapers in Brownsville, San Antonio, and Austin. She has made appearances on MSNBC, CNN, and CBS, as well as in Al Jazeera’s documentary television program Fault Lines. EL PASO is her first non-fiction book. Visit Jazmine at https://www.jazmineulloa.com/. (Photo credit Nina Subin.)
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