The Environs of Poverty: Cages, Prisons, and Detention Centers

Author and professor Helena Maria Viramontes speaks at Bakersfield College as part of the 3rd Annual Jess Nieto Memorial Conference and Energizing the Humanities in California's San Joaquin Valley, a grant program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Dr. Lisette Ordorica Laster, Professor of English and Co-Lead of the Puente Program at Palomar College, introduces the speaker and leads the Q&A and discussion after the main presentation.