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Abstract
Since 2014 an estimated two million people have left El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as they flee poverty violence, and other hardships. Mujeres inmigrantes from the Northern Triangle of Central America (i.e., Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras; NTCA) are faced with some of the highest rates of gender-based violence in their home countries. The experiences of oppression and marginalization throughout the immigration journey (e.g., pre-migration, in-transit, and post-migration) of mujeres from the Northern Triangle of Central America are disproportionately represented within the literature. Coupled with Mujerista Psychology, the researcher utilized photovoice, which allowed the community researchers (n=6) to take a leading role in the direction of su proyecto, their study (Mejia et al., 2013; Rhodes et al., 2015; Wang & Buries, 1997). Mujerista-led Photovoice (Mejia et al., 2013) sessions take a multilevel approach, focusing on the individual, while acknowledging the importance of community to impact policy and social change (Bryant-Davis, & Comas-Díaz, 2016; Wang & Buries, 1997). The researcher focuses on resiliency and strength factors specific to the experiences of Latinx immigrant mujeres that have settled in Georgia, the New Latino South.