Alma Cárdenas-Rodríguez
Alma Lizzette Cárdenas-Rodríguez is a countercultural and faith-rooted writer, speaker, and mentor. She currently serves as an academic advisor for graduate students at Fuller Theological Seminary. A Mexico-Estadounidense born and raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, she is the daughter of parents who migrated from Mexico’s Durango and Jalisco states. Her upbringing was heavily influenced by her protestant Latina faith community whose unwillingness to engage or answer her questions led her to seminary school. Cárdenas-Rodríguez holds an MA in Transformational Urban Leadership from Azusa Pacific University, an Urban Youth Workers Certificate from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Bachelor in Christian Ministry from Facultad de Teología. She has over ten years experience in co-leading and mentoring youth and young adults at a local multi-generational Latina congregation in the San Fernando Valley, and other non-profit spaces. Cárdenas-Rodríguez is the author of Groanings from the Desert (Alegría Publishing, 2020). Through her writing, she hopes to encourage youth and women of color in faith, academic, and community spaces by sharing her story and facilitating workshops to help write visions to light. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out at local coffee shops; being in the company of her daughters, family, friends, or a good book; silent retreats; and exploring the outdoors or dreaming with her husband Sergio.
