After reading Melissa Lozada-Oliva’s poem How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse as an 82 year old Guatemalan Grandmother, what really popped out to me is the constant repetition of the red scarf that the Abuelita wears throughout the narrative. At first, I did not really pay attention to it, but after analyzing the content in which the red scarf appears I believe it used to represent something more. I believe that it was interesting that the scarf was the color red and mentioned for the first time after Abuelita spilled the blood of her husband with her knife. It seems to me that the scarf is used in the same way that warriors in some tribes and some gangs have the tradition to wear (or modify) their bodies with) something that symbolizes the number of lives they took. Hence, I believe that the scarf is the symbol of her strength and that she killed her opponent. It marks a new era in Abuelita’s life since it appears right after she discarded the thing that was holding her back. During her fights with the “zombies”, she never takes it off. Rather, she wears it in front of her where it is on display for them to see. It marks her as a warrior, one that is willing to fight and kill what stands in her way towards her goal. Her scarf marks her identity; that she is no longer innocent and she is no longer the prey. Instead, Miss Abuelita is the predator.