Perdiendo mi persona: Negotiating Language and Identity at the Conference Door

Rachel Herzl-Betz (she/her) is the Writing Center Director and assistant professor of English at Nevada State College. She earned her PhD at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and began her writing center career at Carleton College. Her research focuses on intersections between disability, writing center studies, and educational access. Most recently, she has pursued projects centered on equity in Writing Center recruitment and the impact of “access negotiation moments” for disabled writing instructors. In 2017, her first novel, Hold (2016), received the Tofte/Wright Children's Literature Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers.

Hugo Virrueta (he/him) is an undergraduate student majoring in mathematics and minoring in English and business administration at Nevada State College. As an undergraduate peer writing tutor and researcher, his work revolves around cultural diversity, identity, and code meshing.