Your Seat at the Mesa Is Ready

We see you. The scholar wrestling with questions that matter. The pastor carrying your people's prayers. The student finding your voice.

This is not just a newsletter. It is a gathering place—where we share our work, celebrate breakthroughs, and remember we do not walk this path alone.

Pull up a chair. This is our space.

You Belong at AAR/SBL

First time at AAR-SBL? Seasoned veteran? Either way, you need this. HTI scholars share the hard-won wisdom they wish someone had told them—from beating imposter syndrome to finding your people in a sea of 10,000 attendees.

This is how we show up. This is how we thrive. This is how the familia takes care of its own.

When Sisterhood Becomes Systerhood

They arrive as mid-career Latinas seeking professional development. They leave as sisters—sustaining each other, building new systems, transforming institutions.

This is what happens when you create space for women who have been told to wait their turn. They do not wait. They lead.

Four Dissertations.
Four New Doctors.

From Harvard to Notre Dame, from ritual cosmology to borderlands healing—this quarter, four HTI scholars successfully defended groundbreaking dissertations.

Dr. Carlos Garcia Alayon. Dr. Vanessa Ríos Valentín. Dr. Chance Juliano. Dr. Alfredo Garcia Garza.

This is what your support looks like. This is the greenhouse at work.

Also in This Issue

This is just the beginning. There is more—much more—waiting for you.