Author Talk: Leslie Priscilla

Join us for an evening with Leslie Priscilla as we discuss her new book, CHANCLA. In conversation with Claudia Vega, Leslie will share the inspiration behind the book and explore how La Chancla, often remembered as a humorous cultural icon, can also represent cycles of violence in our familias.

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About the author:

Leslie Priscilla is a first generation mother to three bicultural children. She identifies as both Mexican-American and a Detribalized Indigenous mujer. Priscilla shares her medicine by offering coaching, workshops, support, and advocacy for Latinx/Chicanx families locally, nationally, and internationally both in-person and online via the Latinx Parenting organization. She founded this bilingual organization and movement intentionally rooted in children’s rights, social and racial justice, the individual and collective practice of nonviolence and reparenting, intergenerational and ancestral healing, cultural sustenance, and the active decolonization of oppressive practices in our families. Priscilla currently lives in Santa Ana, California with her family.

About the book:

A parenting guide that speaks directly to Latinx families with language, history, and lived experience that honors and celebrates our cultura—while helping readers unlearn violence and shame as tools of discipline.
For many in the Latinx community, “la Chancla”—what we learn to see as the warning sign for disciplinary violence—has become a cultural symbol that has spawned relatable memes that many of us laugh about and bond over. But what if it’s also a symbol of something more harmful?
InChancla, educator and Latinx Parenting founder, Leslie Priscilla, invites readers, parents, and the Latinx community on a transformative journey away from cycles of fear, shame, and corporal punishment. With warmth and deep cultural insight, Priscilla explores the historical legacies attached to Chancla while offering a path forward rooted in connection, self-reflection, and ancestral healing.Chanclais the nonviolent parenting practice that celebrates Latinx cultura, while teaching its readers—and their Mamis, Papis, Tias, and Tios—how to heal from generational violence.
Blending personal storytelling, historical context, and actionable tools,Chanclahelps readers not only nurture their children, but their wounded inner child. Readers will see themselves in these pages, because ultimatelyChanclaencourages them to unlearn what they’ve inherited and make space for what they deserve: homes full of love, safety, and respect.

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