ComoLaFlor, PhD

@hijadezapata

Mexicana, Phd, educator, grieving mother, crazy plant lady, loves to read, write, doodle, camp, hike, eat, dream and work for a better tomorrow. Collective, community, mutual aid

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ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· 9d

I love voting by mail. Makes it easy and convenient. Go vote please, our lives depend on it. #vote #votebymail

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jun 16

I drew this portrait of a old colleague to inspire me as I’m looking for a job. These are all things she said out loud to me.

This is a black-and-white drawing I titled portrait of BW and it has some talking bubbles around it that say I inherited it so I bought a new car and a boat, I did not learn anything new, it is only 300 acres, racism is not real, I have never seen any racism, my dad is an immigrant from Sweden, I applied and kept hounding until I got the interview, not as hard as everyone said, and I always get jobs. I’m not qualified for..

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· May 22

The $64 Tomato is a memoir of Alexander's gardening project. Alexander documents his adventures battling pests, weeds, plant diseases, deer, and a persistent groundhog he names Superchuck. After several years of gardening, he calculates that each Brandywine tomato he grew and harvested cost him $64.

Cover of a book titled the $64.00 tomato. Cover is plain green with a photo of Brandywine tomato.

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Mar 25

The chapter on Zora in Troublemakers (Shalaby, 2017) stills stands out.

This the front cover of Shalaby's 2017 Troublemakers book. It depicts the title but also an open cage with a canary in flight

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Mar 21

Not majestic at all.

this is a picture of Yosemite Valley. There is a waterfall on the right, large monolith on the left, Half Dome in the middle and a rainbow

A picture of upper and lower Yosemite Falls

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Mar 9

I am feeling 54 cents on the dollar.

Image of a ripped up dollar on left and a whole dollar on the right. Below the image reads "#LatinaEqualPay
Latinas fare worse than any other woman worker earning 54 cents for ever dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic Men."

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Mar 8

We are bombing schools full of girls, bombing refineries, Blowing up desalination plants. They are taking my family and neighbors. We are playing Jenga with the world. I walk so despair does not swallow me whole.

Seven tiny umbrella shaped yellow mushrooms, growing and leave litter and moss.

There is a pile of living oysters, resting on sand during low tide. Green seaweed drapes over some of the very large oysters.

This is a picture during low tide of mostly wet sand, but at the center there is a live purpleish sand dollar framed by green seaweed

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Mar 5

This is a picture of my handwritten note to myself that says “my less sad list March 4, 2026
1. Plant Zinnia seeds that may bloom in July or August
2. My dog Lucha will walk me around the lake.
3. Peel and eat a mango and thank the tree in Mexico

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Mar 2

"We're already at war with immigrants. That's the explicitly stated goal of the Trump administration. There's an internal war against these immigrants, an acceleration of the militarization of the United States domestically, which indicates how much more military aggression in terms of foreign policy the United States will exercise. But let's be clear that this is an outcome of Democratic policy too. The Democrats have been wholehearted supporters of the forever war. They have been responsible for many of the wars that the United States has fought in the post-World War II era. Democrats have also given legitimacy to extrajudicial drone strikes and the militarization of the police domestically. Even if the Republican Party under Donald Trump is accelerating things, the Democrats have also been very complicit in a lot of this as well. So yes, we are an empire that has passed its peak and is struggling to hang on via force and violence rather than diplomacy and negotiation. These are very, very bad signs and also repetitions of things that the United States has been doing fairly consistently in the post-World War II era."

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Feb 17

Rest in peace Jesse Jackson. Honor of my life to be at the L.A. coliseum to celebrate Nelson Mandela's release. I heard Jesse Jackson speak and was so moved.

A photo off Nelson Mandela with Jesse Jackson.

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Feb 16

A black simple line abstract drawing of a camel on a clean white background by Pablo Picasso.

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jan 21

stylized photo of a young man with hand on his head.Text "The Smiths Please,Please, Please let me get what I want."

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jan 18

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Dec 6

This new soap opera telenovela, makes its debut Monday. It will be #1. She is Mexican with two French parents. This is many peoples idea of beauty. She has been the most watched actress for maybe 15 years.

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Oct 8

Ya llegó el otoño

Three white mushrooms growing on green grass and a bright red leaf also quietly resting on grass

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Sep 22

fallon is same age as jones

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Sep 18

Will the flags be flown at half mast tomorrow and through the weekend for them? They are survived by innocent family members.

A picture of law enforcement official at the lectern in press conference flanked by the governor of Pennsylvania and another individual. To the left is byline "3Police officers are killed in shooting in Southern Pennsylvania."

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jun 23

Got this email. Who asked for this? Why? No consent? "Academia.edu An AI created a podcast of your paper"

A screenshot from ACADEMIA letting me know they created a podcast of my paper

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jun 15

I just saw this on someone’s post

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jun 14

@ratio

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jun 14

Olympia

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jun 14

Olympia

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jun 11

Dora is older than ICE.

This is a picture of a children's animated character Dora the Explorer and Boots her monkey on a bright yellow background.

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jun 10

Dancing to La Chona is RESISTANCE

People dancing to La Chona in the middle of a protest. There is a tall man with white tshirt and jeans in the center. There are people holding signs, Mexican flags, and a flag from Guatemala.

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Jun 8

Many Liberals offering protestors advice on what flag they should carry. Carrying the Mexican flag, the Salvadoran flag, or other flags of their origin-IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE!!! #ResistICE, #LosAngeles, #NationalGuard, #Fightback

An image showing a protestor in Los Angeles holding up the Mexican green, white, and red flag. I the background there are over a dozen armed National Guard soldiers.

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· May 15

#SaveMedicaid. Call your representatives or send them an email. It is fast and easy.

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Mar 30

My mother is nervous her Social Security will not arrive this week. She does not deserve this cruelty. Wish I could reassure her but these incompetent are breaking all the things.

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Mar 27

Needed this reminder. Underwater (really cold water) but the message is clear, “You are the power.”

Graffiti written in yellow paint, about six inches underwater. There are ripples underwater, but the message reads. “You are the power.”

ComoLaFlor, PhD@hijadezapata· Mar 3

This bothers me so much.