Summary

In Chapter 3, “Imposter Syndrome,” when Rodríguez was seven, her family “immigrated to Miami, Florida” (47). Many people in power in her community were “white-passing” Latinx individuals (47). Despite these dynamics, Rodríguez saw potential in herself. Growing up in a “Christian fundamentalist household,” she was taught she would not have an education and should be obedient “to a future husband and God” (48). She had to find ways to shape an unscripted future for herself (48).

From a young age, Rodríguez learned that others “did not see potential” in her (48). It was not until after she attended graduate school in “the primarily white city of Nashville,” that she founded the Latina Rebels, and learned how to overcome others’ low expectations of her (48). Despite the things she accomplished, she often felt like an imposter. Pauline Rose Clance developed the imposter syndrome theory, as it applied to...