In her personal essay, Crucet details the challenges she faced as a Latinx woman pursuing her dream of becoming an English professor. She explains how her initial lack of knowledge regarding how to land a career in academia and her status as a first-generation student led her to overestimate how welcoming academia would be to people of Latinx descent. When she does land jobs in teaching, she begins to explain to her classes how the lack of diversity in academic is an issue, pointing out how the white students in her class did not even think of representation as a problem for them. However, when a young white woman begins to push against Crucet's advocacy for diverse representation, saying that she is perpetuating "reverse racism," Crucet concludes their conversation by saying, "'Your school won't do this. You can relax. You have nothing to worry about'" (Crucet 163). With this statement she shows that the woman's fear is unfounded since it is actually Crucet who is advocating for a systemic solution. Although this a sad truth for many institutions, Crucet's example as a Latinx professor speaks to a resistance against the racism in academia. The title of "Imagine Me Here" speaks to this.
