The Woman Who Died in the Heat on a San Antonio Sidewalk Was My Friend
After many months of fruitless efforts to get Jessica help, our case was finally moving, and for a couple days we were hopeful. Then the heat dome hit.
Since 1954
Marisol Cortez is the co-editor of Deceleration. As a writer and community-based scholar, her work is grounded in Chicanx and decolonial movements for justice and earth protection in South Texas. After graduating with her Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, she has walked between academic, activist, and artistic worlds. She is author of the award-winning cli-fi novel Luz at Midnight (FlowerSong Press 2020).
After many months of fruitless efforts to get Jessica help, our case was finally moving, and for a couple days we were hopeful. Then the heat dome hit.