The Miss Translated poems are a meditation on identity, language, and the things that get lost in translation. Drawing on her Chicano family's history in America, Elisa Catrina Chavez uses poems written in Spanish and English to grapple with assimilation, colonization, hypocrisy, and the often-ignored voices of the powerless. These are not The differences in meaning between the Spanish and English sides of each poem reveal foundational disagreements, surprising lessons, and horrific twists. Chavez invites readers to unpuzzle them with her. All profits from this chapbook go to the New Sanctuary Coalition, a New York immigrant rights organization devoted to providing legal assistance and community support to immigrants and their families.