sin la mujer, no hay revolución
An inspiring and multigenerational story about the courageous women who confronted capitalism, patriarchy, and US imperialism. Spanning five transformative decades, Sierra Becerra weaves together oral histories and understudied archives to show how women forged a revolutionary theory and practice to win their liberation.
About me
- Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Specialist in modern Latin America, particularly social movements and revolutions
- Popular educator making revolutionary history accessible to working-class organizers
History is a weapon
As a public scholar, I have collaborated with US labor organizations, and Salvadoran museums and community organizations to confront injustice.
A multimedia project about the history of domestic worker organizing in the United States. Made in collaboration with the National Domestic Workers Alliance. These materials are available in 6 languages:
- Digital Timeline
- Two films
- Curriculum
- Movement Ancestor Portraits
In 2022, the National Council on Public history awarded the project the Outstanding Public History Project award.
A student-curated exhibition. Our class did the following:
- Created educational workshops
- Interviewed Salvadoran revolutionaries and US solidarity activists.
- Curated a collection of archival documents and secondary sources for educators
Forthcoming: Insurgent Butterflies
I am creating a traveling exhibition and educational materials about the history of women’s organizing in El Salvador during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
I call these revolutionary women “insurgent butterflies” because they pollinated the struggles that sustained life in the face of state violence.
This project is a collaboration between two urban and rural institutions in El Salvador: the Museum of the Word and Image and the Survivor’s Historical Memory Committee of Arcatao, Chalatenango.
“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”
Karl Marx
Teach to empower
My recent undergraduate & graduate courses:
- Women and Revolutions
- US Empire and Solidarity in Central America
- Women and Gender in Latin America
- Practical Magic: Spirituality and Religion in Liberation Movements
- Exhibition Practicum
- Public History
I was awarded the 2024-2025 College Outstanding Teaching Award from the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at UMass.
