The Author: Sarah Amira De la Garza (formerly María Cristina González) received her Ph.D. in speech communication at The University of Texas at Austin and a D.Min. at the University of Creation Spirituality, where she later served as Academic Dean. She is presently Associate Professor of Communication and Southwest Borderlands Scholar in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University.

The Author: Sarah Amira De la Garza (formerly María Cristina González) received her Ph.D. in speech communication at The University of Texas at Austin and a D.Min. at the University of Creation Spirituality, where she later served as Academic Dean. She is presently Associate Professor of Communication and Southwest Borderlands Scholar in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University.

The Author: Sarah Amira De la Garza (formerly María Cristina González) received her Ph.D. in speech communication at The University of Texas at Austin and a D.Min. at the University of Creation Spirituality, where she later served as Academic Dean. She is presently Associate Professor of Communication and Southwest Borderlands Scholar in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University.