Cathryn Josefina Merla-Watson is assistant professor in the Mexican American studies program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. B. V. Olgu¿/b> is professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is the author of La Pinta: Chicana/o Prisoner Literature, Culture, and Politics and coeditor Latina/os and WWII: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology.