[4] Her father was a Spanish professor at what was then called the Las Vegas Normal School (present day New Mexico Highlands University) and later Connecticut College for Women.
[4] She describes the Las Vegas of her youth as small, rural, and racially segregated between Anglos and Hispanics.
[4] When she was fourteen, Rebolledo's father died of a brain tumor and her family moved yet again, this time to Chula Vista, California where one of her uncle's lived.
Her father hosted a Spanish-language radio talk show that focused on Latino culture.
[8] The text brought together different genres with relevant historical documents and included writings by Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Ana Castillo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Pat Mora, Cherríe Moraga, and María Helena Viramontes.