This discussion is with Nancy Tenorio-Spack, a PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Maryland, College Park, who specializes in Afro-Mexican literature and culture in Oaxaca, Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. She is currently a guest lecturer in the American Studies Program at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany. Over at the American Studies Program at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, she has taught courses that intersect Native American and African American literature as well as courses on Afro-Mexican literature.