Daisy Hernandez’ new memoir is entitled, “A Cup of Water Under My Bed.” The acclaimed Chicana writer Sandra Cisneros called Hernandez’s memoir, “A wonderful, breathtaking, necessary story… I bow deeply in admiration and gratitude.” Daisy Hernandez has written for Ms. Magazine and In These Times. For six years she was an editor at Colorlines.com.

She’s the co-editor of the anthology Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism. Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with Hernandez about her book. Watch a video of the interview here: