Latinx first-generation college graduates often experience a myriad of structural, emotional, financial and academic barriers while navigating higher education as undergraduate and graduate students and later, if they become faculty members. While many studies have documented these struggles within the field, the political, methodological and pedagogical praxis of testimonio has been used to reflect on and document these struggles in ways that give the authors agency in retelling and reclaiming their experiences of marginalization and resistance. In this paper, the authors build on the metaphor of a labyrinth to describe how higher education can often feel similar to a maze-like path to navigate, yet, the spiritual and reflective practice of labyrinth- walking involves three stages of soul development which can also be experienced through testimonio: releasing, receiving and returning to oneself
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Los graduados universitarios de primera generación latinos a menudo experimentan una gran cantidad de barreras estructurales, emocionales, financieras y académicas mientras navegan por la educación superior como estudiantes de grado y postgrado y, más tarde, si se convierten en miembros de la facultad. Mientras que muchos estudios han documentado estas luchas dentro del campo, la praxis política, metodológica y pedagógica del testimonio se ha utilizado para reflexionar y documentar estas luchas de manera que da a los autores la anuencia para volver a contar y reclamar sus experiencias de marginación y resistencia. En este artículo, los autores se basan en la metáfora del laberinto para describir cómo la educación superior puede parecerse a un camino laberíntico por el que hay que navegar, pero la práctica espiritual y reflexiva de caminar por el laberinto implica tres etapas de desarrollo del alma que también pueden experimentarse a través del testimonio: liberar, recibir y volver a uno mismo.
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