Kim Dominguez
Organizations
MalintZINE; Social Justice Education Project (SJEP)
Location
Tucson, Arizona
Biography
Kim Dominguez was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, where she now works in the Women and Gender Resource Center at the University of Arizona. She earned her B.A. in Mexican American Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies and her M.A. in Higher Education from the University of Arizona. Dominguez is an activist for ethnic studies in K-12 and in higher education. She owns her political struggles because it was what motivates her to help her community members and BIPOC students. Dominguez has helped establish MalintZINE, an online zine that includes students’ art, poetry, and prose to speak about women, gender, BIPOC, and queer issues.
Audio Clips
Interviewed by Michelle Téllez on October 25, 2023 in Tucson, Arizona
Kim Dominguez traces the history of several attempts to ban ethnic studies and the feeling of having to constantly fight against anti-Latinx legislation in education and immigration.
Dominguez details how a group of students protested Tom Horne’s visit to Tucson and attempted to interrupt his press conference.
Dominguez discusses how she had developed a sense of politics early in life as a young elementary school aged child, while also acknowledging the impact of the Social Justice Education Project (SJEP).
Dominguez describes the formation of MalintZine, an online publication that discussed the gender-based violence that many activists had experienced in the ethnic studies movement.
Dominguez talks about the work of putting MalintZine together, the pushback she got from some mentors for openly discussing gender violence in the movement, as well as the toll that a decade of activism took.
Digital Archive
Image featured on the homepage of the MalintZINE website.
Dominguez was interviewed by Tucson Weekly for an article about UA’s Mexican American Studies Department.
Kim Dominguez at Sit-In to Protest HB 2281, the legislation that prohibited ethnic studies in Arizona classrooms, 2010. Photo by Chris Summitt.
Protest in front of Tucson Unified School District Board Meeting, 2012. Photo by Chris Summitt.
Poster of Unidos, “Keep the Fire of Learning Burning,” 2012. Photo by Chris Summitt.