<div> <div>“<strong><a href= "https://psmag.com/the-making-of-a-mexican-american-dream-839abf9ccdca">The Making of a Mexican-American Dream</a></strong>” looks at how one young woman faces the challenges of assimilation, identity, and acceptance in modern American culture. In this episode, I talk with author Sarah Menkedick about her story and what it says about America in 2017.</div> <div> </div> </div> <div><strong><a href="http://www.sarahmenkedick.com/">Sarah Menkedick</a></strong>'s writing has been featured in <em>Harper's, Pacific Standard, Oxford American, Aeon, The Paris Review Daily, Guernica</em>, Amazon's Kindle Singles, and elsewhere. She is the founder of <em>Vela</em>, an online magazine of nonfiction writing by women. Her first book, <em><strong><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Homing-Instincts-Early-Motherhood-Midwestern/dp/1101871415"> Homing Instincts</a></strong></em>, is forthcoming from Pantheon on May 2nd.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div>