She is the one who "carries" five races, not Hispanic, Indian, black, Spanish, or Anglo, but the mixture of the five which results in the mestiza, mulata. She's also "a new gender," "both woman and man, neither." While not rejecting any part of herself, Anzaldúa's new mestiza becomes a survivor because of her ability to "live sin fronteras [without borders]/be a crossroads."

- Sonia Saldívar-Hull. "Feminism on the Border. Chicana Gender Politics and Literature", 216.