The article aims to reconstruct analytically the conditions of subjectivation of the women who migrate by identifying, from an emic perspective, the factors promoting and impeding their constitution as actors. We study here the cases of domestic workers in Lima (Peru) and agricultural piece-rate workers in Morelos (Mexico). The data set of ten autobiographic stories was established through ethnographic fieldwork methods, and narrative analysis was applied. We then compare the results of the two cases, in order to determine the matching factors, which include education, learning and family.