With threads of poems and other literary pieces about her Yaqui and Mestizaje heritage, Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin weaves a rich tapestry of her many-layered existence living as a Xicana in this country. Her activist background and her life in Aztlán now called the United States southwest gives her poetry a sensibility, a voice for Mexicans and Chicanos who experience life and struggles on both sides of the border. –Kate Maruyama, MFA, Affiliate Faculty in Creative Writing, Antioch University. Author, Solstice. Aparicio-Chamberlin is truly a Chicana on Fire. Her words help us understand ourselves and how others think they understand us. Her poetry communicates the oppression we face and the individual, family, and community strengths we have developed to surpass those obstacles. This is a powerful book. ¡Siempre adelante! –Félix Gutiérrez, Ph.D., USC, Co-author , Racism, Sexism, and the Media: The Rise of Class Communication in Multicultural America. To open Chicana On Fire is to encounter an aroma of wet earth. History and politics are braided into poems and stories. Poetry and storytelling are of volcanic dimensions, eruptive and explosive. On other occasions they are soft swells of maternal loving care dedicated to family and loved ones. –Jimmy Centeno, Essayist, Latin American Art Research, Art Curator CASA 0101.