found: Wikipedia, 09-16-2016:(Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa; b. September 26, 1942; d. May 15, 2004; was an American scholar of Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory; she loosely based her best-known book, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, on her life growing up on the Mexican-Texas border and incorporated her lifelong feelings of social and cultural marginalization into her work; Anzaldúa died on May 15, 2004, at her home in Santa Cruz, California, from complications due to diabetes; at the time of her death, she was working toward the completion of her dissertation to receive her doctorate in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz; it was awarded posthumously in 2005; writer of fiction, poetry, children's books, and works on social issues)
