Jesús Mena

Jesús Mena is the son of undocumented Mexican immigrants who grew up as a migrant farm worker. His essays and stories have been published in: Latinx Writing Los Angeles: Nonfiction Dispatches from a Decolonial Rebellion; 201 Homenaje a La Ciudad de Los Angeles: Latino Experience in Literature and Art; Solo en San Miguel—anthology of short stories; op-eds in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, and a commentary on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” With a BA from UT-Austin, he worked as communications director at UC Berkeley and Harvard University. At the Mesa, Jesus wrote op-ed pieces about the often-ignored lynching of thousands of Mexican Americans.