Chicana
noun
Chi·ca·na
chi-ˈkä-nə 
also shi-
: an American woman or girl of Mexican descent
Chicana
adjective
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Longoria returned to school, receiving a master's degree in Chicano and Chicana Studies from California State University of Northridge (CSUN) in 2013 — all while filming Desperate Housewives.
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Maria Yagoda, People.com, 21 June 2025
Like Teotihuacán and Café Tacvba, her exhibition looks into formative images and experiences from the past, glimpsed through a Chicana lens.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Ruiz taught for 45 years in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at Cal State Northridge, retiring in 2015.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
León is a professor of anthropology and Chicana/o studies and director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.
—Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Maria Yagoda, People.com, 21 June 2025
Like Teotihuacán and Café Tacvba, her exhibition looks into formative images and experiences from the past, glimpsed through a Chicana lens.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Ruiz taught for 45 years in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at Cal State Northridge, retiring in 2015.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
León is a professor of anthropology and Chicana/o studies and director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.
—Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Chicana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chicana. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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