Linda Hall is currently a doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the University of California at Riverside. She attained a BA in Spanish, an MA in Latin American and Iberian Studies and MA in Socio-Cultural Anthropology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Her graduate research in Ecuador is an examination of how race and ethnicity and sociological theory attempt to explain the contribution of Afro-Ecuadorians to the building of Ecuadorian citizenship. As a member of the Black Diaspora, a wife and mother, Linda continues to construct a meaningful life always based on the values she...