Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D

they/she/ella • queer Mexican • finding peace through🧘🏽‍♀️& poesía • 2L at Harvard Law School • #UndocuCompetence & crush the il/legal binary

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

Undocumented people, and immigrants in general, shouldn’t have to “prove” our worth for our humanity to be recognized.

[HLS Clinical & Pro Bono Programs @HLS_OCP]

This fall, two Crimmigration Clinic students @hlscrimm travelled to New York to argue in the Second Circuit Appeals Court in front of a three-judge panel on behalf of their client. Read their story on the blog: https://t.co/U9oe51cm1y

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@PhDadude Often. Yup. :/

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

Great reminder from @Jeopardamy that visible allyship is very important to shaping society/continuing to make progress.

Knowing when and how to disrupt transphobic/homophobic narratives is key - and then doing it!

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@RilezTweetsEsq This sounds too cute. Twitter wants to see pictures of this 🥹

[William D. Lopez @lopez_wd]

14 students killed in an elementary school shooting in Uvalde, a heavily Latino city in Texas. Border Patrol also on the scene. I pray for those parents fearing that their kids are dead and debating whether or not they'll be arrested if they go to find out.

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

Great thread. Was true ten years ago. Still true today.

[Lindsay Mayka 🦞 @LindsayMayka]

Students used to enter my classes w simplistic notions about saving the world. My job was to break those ideas down+lead them to more nuanced understandings of social change. Now, students enter class believing nothing matters, and my job is to show them ways change is feasible.

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

https://t.co/kReYQ3DZbD

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@KinseyAndrew Exciting!!

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@zachwolfelaw @HannahWVR I handle spiders unless I am the one who was originally spooked by the spider, then it’s their turn to magically handle spiders. Makes 0 sense 🤷🏽 it’s more of a moral support thing. Sometimes the spider gets a free roaming around pass if neither one is up for it.

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@PhDadude This sounds like a great series! Excited to see what comes of it and to see what you put forward 💕

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@LizCGil Hearsay.

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@UnhingedLizmo Nice. Just got through two of them! Good decision.

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@BadFacts12 Awesome! Congrats!!

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@acdmicmalcriada For real! Random allergy to a specific type of goat cheese popped up while I was enjoying a slice of pizza 😭 Apparently allergies can pop up any time, unannounced. They don’t care for the beautiful boundaries we have worked hard to develop 😅😂

[🍉 @gaybeascorpus]

law twitter: does anyone know if any other schools give either academic credit or compensation for being on a journal? I’m trying to see something

[Jess I. Valenzuela, Ph.D @jitzelv]

@ChiSox_History @UnhingedLizmo Came here to say this 😅