--- title: Teresa Puente | TIME description: Puente teaches journalism at Cal State Long Beach and is a senior facilitator with The OpEd Project canonical: https://time.com/author/teresa-puente/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/teresa-puente/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Teresa Puente ## Teresa Puente _Puente teaches journalism at Cal State Long Beach_ _and is a senior facilitator with_ [_The OpEd Project_](http://theopedproject.org/) ## Teresa Puente *  Nov 10, 2016 ### [The Nightmare of Donald Trump's Deportation Promise](https://time.com/4566512/donald-trump-deportation-promise/) Undocumented youth could lose the promise of the American Dream [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 19, 2016 ### [Please Understand Just How Harmful Donald Trump’s Wall Would Be](https://time.com/4509501/donald-trumps-border-wall/) It ignores the geography of the border and the reality of U.S.-Mexico relations [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 30, 2016 ### [I’m a Latina and I Will Support Miss Universe With My Vote](https://time.com/4515051/donald-trump-miss-universe-latina-vote/) Donald Trump’s attacks on Latinas and people of color should worry Republicans [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 9, 2016 ### [Donald Trump Makes Me Proud To Be Mexican](https://time.com/4362819/donald-trump-mexican-comments/) "My heritage doesn’t make me less American" [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/teresa-puente/","name":"Teresa Puente"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/teresa-puente/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/teresa-puente/"},"name":"Teresa Puente","jobTitle":null,"description":"Puente teaches journalism at Cal State Long Beach and is a senior facilitator with The OpEd Project","url":"https://time.com/author/teresa-puente/","sameAs":["https://x.com/chicanisima"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```