Survival Strategies of Mexicanas

Introduction

Mexicanas, women who migrated from Mexico to the United States or are of Mexican descent and living in the United States, have unique ways of dealing with life’s hardships and struggles. In this research I identify their ways of coping as types of survival strategies. Mexicanas use these strategies to preserve culture and to cope with the social and economic differences within and between Mexico and the United States. This research attempts to explain how the strength of their survival strategies and their accomplishments contradict negative views of Mexicanas.