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Author, activist to share experience as undocumented immigrant in the U.S.

Author: Erin Blasko

José Ángel Navejas

Author and activist José Ángel Navejas will share his experience as an undocumented immigrant in the U.S. with “Difficult Conversations” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (April 2) at the University of Notre Dame , 1045 W. Washington St., South Bend.

A native of Mexico, Navejas is a Ph.D. student in Hispanic studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of the memoir “Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant.”

In addition to immigration, Navejas’ interests include Latino and 20th-century Mexican literature, Mexican authors’ perceptions of the Mexican migrant in the U.S., and Mexican authors’ relationships with American politics and culture.

Navejas’ talk is sponsored by the , , and . It is free and open to the public.

Contact: Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, eblasko@nd.edu