Welcome to Oxnard: Race, Place, and Chicana Adolescence in Michele Serros's Writings - Hardcoverby Cristina Herrera (Author) Michele Serros (1966 2015) is widely known for her groundbreaking book Chicana Falsa and Other Stories of Death, Identity, and Oxnard. Despite her status as a major figure in Chicanx literature, no scholar has written a book length examination of her body of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction until now. Cristina Herrera, also from Oxnard, weaves in history, autoethnography, and literary analysis to explore Chicana adolescence