Sarah Amira de la Garza is a performance ethnographer widely recognized for her ability to integrate research methodologies, social science, spirituality and performance in decolonial/indigenous study of identity, culture, and authentic expression. As a professor of intercultural communication and performance studies, she teaches courses that integrate creativity with social science and critical cultural studies.   She has published many essays, original poetry, and her book, Maria Speaks: Journeys Through the Mysteries of the Mother in My Life as a Chicana. She is currently working on an immersive play, "The Banned Book Salon," and a book of 365 meditations on the theme of her original concept, Mindful Heresy. She is a Southwest Borderlands Scholar in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. Photo Description: performance "Auto de Fe: The Trial of Guadalupe" (Auto de Fe was the name of the trials that were held of heretics during the Inquisition). Amira performed it at Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center in Phoenix.

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