A Living Mosaic of Scholars

"Some of the most meaningful moments happened on a much smaller scale. Writing retreats, late nights, and hanging out with compañeres, I met through HTI, where we weren't performing for anyone, just being honest about how hard this was and how much it mattered. We knew we weren't alone. In theological academia, that's not a small thing."

"The opportunity to work on parts of our dissertations alongside my fellow HTI friends was, for me, a beautiful example of the brotherhood and solidarity that embody the Kin_dom of God. Each HTI workshop over the years was significant in my growth and development. Every conversation with colleagues and scholars, and the sharing of ideas and perspectives, not only enriched the experience each year, but also provided many ideas that offered new perspectives to implement in the classroom."

"HTI's investment in my formation is now visible in where I stand. As a postdoctoral fellow at a theological school, I am becoming the kind of faculty presence HTI exists to cultivate: a Latine scholar whose teaching and mentorship are oriented toward strengthening church and community. HTI did not simply support my doctorate; it modeled a pedagogy of accompaniment that I now carry into my own teaching and formation of future pastoral leaders."

“HTI is the only corner of the academy where I have never felt any pressure to put up a front. It felt like family from the beginning, and in a profession where there's much uncertainty (and so much insecurity... and therefore posturing), HTI has always been the one place where I know I can fully be myself— vulnerable, irreverent, figuring things out.

I try to bring that same spirit of hospitality and genuineness to more junior HTI scholars and, honestly, to everyone I work with."

My participation in HTI confirmed my interest to share my scholarship and leadership with the grassroots Latinas who have limited interactions with the academy."

"My HTI mentor has simply been the best of the bunch…He was attentive to my emerging scholarship, sent gifts and care packages when we had our first child, served as a reference for applications, provided deep-cut sources when I was writing, and helped me navigate the social and administrative weirdness that is often inevitable in a PhD program. Truly a friend and older brother, and a model mentor."

"HTI has shepherded my academic growth from PhD student to early-career scholar. I have warm memories of walking to an ice cream shop in Princeton in late June, taking notes on my phone as an HTI colleague shared her thoughts on theological ethnographic research methods.

Through relationships built in HTI, I am now honored to be a contributor to a volume on Latine Lived Theology featuring an HTI editor and fellow HTI contributors."

"I am currently an Ethnic Studies instructor at a community college and apply my pedagogical values of culturally responsive teaching, community cultural wealth, and testimonios in the classroom. I saw these values lived out during my time in HTI as a doctoral student.I hope to share access and resources with my students as others in HTI have done for me.”