Autobiographical Snapshots: Constructing Self in Letras y Arte

Letras y Arte: Literacy and Art, is a summer course that pairs college students and children from a Latino neighborhood for literacy and art learning. Started five years ago, Letras y Arte provides opportunities in four areas: literacy opportunities that foster distinctive identities and voice; immersion in a broad view of literacy that includes visual arts; reciprocal mentoring in which college students teach and learn from the children.