Prof. Caro De Robertis featured in SF Chronicle article
Caro De Robertis spent election night 2024 in their Oakland home, huddled around the TV with their children, ages 12 and 15.
“My kids are Black and Latinx, growing up in a queer family, with one trans immigrant parent — me,” said the Uruguayan American author of six novels and a forthcoming work of nonfiction, “So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color.” “They asked me whether we’d need to leave the country if Trump won. My heart broke.”
Since the election, De Robertis has focused on protecting their children’s mental health.
“I can’t afford despair. Collectively, we can’t afford despair. We can grieve, but we have to find the fuel that will allow us to keep going, for ourselves and for future generations,” they said.
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