Volume 25 • Number 2 • Spring 2017 quepasa.osu.edu

Making Space for Latinx Scholarship and Community

Belongings

PB quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 a Esquina de los editors What We Do

Who We Are Quiénes somos

Marie Lerma, Co-Editor Luis Fernando Macías, Co-Editor Velvette De Laney, Art Director Luisa V. Talamas, Art Director Assistant Yolanda Zepeda, Managing Director

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion publishes ¿Qué Pasa, Ohio State? each Left: Co-Editor Marie Lerma, Photo credit: Janell Strouse; autumn and spring semester. Right: Co-Editor Luis Fernando Macías, Photo credit: Jenn Johnston

Queridos lectores de Qué Pasa, As editors of ¿Qué Pasa, Ohio State?, ¿Qué Pasa, Ohio State? is proud to celebrate students at this university, and as people, the achievements of Latinx in a variety of We at the Qué Pasa editorial team disciplines: art, politics, science, technology, we believe the election of Donald Trump literature, and more. Although not every have been working diligently and cannot be seen objectively when his discipline will be featured in each issue, each proudly to present to you this issue campaign and presidency propagates, thematically organized issue will highlight the entitled: Belongings. We have chosen supports, and encourages the messages diversity of fields in which Latinx excel. this title because of what the Latinx and agenda of white nationalist supremacy. The Ohio State University is not responsible communities and its complex diversity for the content and views of this publication. must do in order to create and reaffirm We encourage the readers of this The publication does not necessarily reflect our belonging at this institution, this magazine to act in solidarity with other the views and opinions of the staff. All city, this region, and in this nation. student groups on campus who are submissions for publications must include contact name and phone number or e-mail fighting to change our communities, address. ¿Qué Pasa, Ohio State? reserves the The contributions in this issue speak our country, our world, and ourselves. right to refuse any submission for publication. to a variety of ways in which we Instead of simply propagating images of create community and reaffirm our cookie cutter shaped Latinx suffering, sense of belonging. The different For questions and inquiries, we dedicate this issue to highlighting please contact [email protected]. issues that are spoken about and the anger, resistance, accomplishment, the various formats in which they and perseverance of our communities are featured in this issue serve to in spite of the numerous and increasing Note: We use the term “Latinx” to reflect our complex heterogeneity. challenges we face. This is how we represent all Latino identities. carve out places of creative belonging. As students, faculty, and staff we do We call upon readers to pass this issue Photos for each piece are provided have voices on this campus even to someone else once you are done by the author or interviewee unless though we may not always speak in reading it. We call upon readers to work otherwise noted. unison. We must use our individual in their various communities and build and collective voices in order to call coalitions and bridges. We call upon For academic articles featured in out macro and micro-aggressions readers to recognize and rectify oppres- ¿Qué Pasa, Ohio State?, you will find that happen in personal interactions sive practices and structures. As Audre foot/end notes and bibliographies at and within policy on this campus. Lorde stated “I cannot afford the luxury quepasaohiostate.tumblr.com ______of fighting one form of oppression only. The election of our latest president I cannot afford to believe that freedom On the Cover: has made it all the more clear to some from intolerance is the right of only one From Illustrator J-Gonzo, people that we must continue to particular group.” There is no hierarchy used with permission. reaffirm our existence, persistence, of oppression, and so we must support and resistance. In and outside of the and uphold each other in our acts Latinx community, we fight misogyny, of resistance. Complacency is when racism, transphobia, homophobia, we shut down the resistance of other antisemitism, Islamophobia, ableism, people in the name of respectability, or antiblackness, classism and more. worse, cooptation in the guise of reform.

In love, light, and resistance, Luis Fernando Macías and Marie Lerma Belonging 22 4 La Mano del Destino Teaching Quechua 11 Linguistic Profiling and 13 Discrimination at OSU

3 The Color of My Skin (Poem)

Conversation with Jennicet Gutiérrez 16

How do you Self-Identify? 20 William Shakespeare's 5 The Tempest Contenido Elegy for a Dying Race, The Color a Public Nuisance of My Laura Esposto, Undergraduate, English Skin “A war of extermination will continue to be waged until By Peter John-Baptiste, PhD the Indian race becomes extinct.” Student, ElectroScience Lab —Peter Burnett, First Governor of California

For my grandmother dragged by the braids over the horizon. She grasps

at the handrails of reddish clouds & cuts her palms on the elms who find her earrings

distasteful. Eventually her body spreads thin as dried bark; a flare past the spine of hazy grey mountains.

And for her mother sprouting roots in the kitchen/ basement/burial ground of an Indian mission school.

She prays, her mouth wide as a basket & scours dirty plates that gaze up at her as children. Sometimes

the priest plays a game with her body. Also for my mother who floats somewhere over the rancheria, tomahawk

balloon in hand. It’s the men who come to shoot her down with RIC revolvers, but she only swings herself higher.

It is for the way she is kind enough to sing down to them when she ties the balloon to ‘round my throat.

2 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 3 The color of my skin Because all of this would mean, racism is still alive, I have never really considered my color a flaw, But it can’t be, right? Not until I heard it from others, Black people still get nominated for Oscar’s. Not until I heard that I’m black, But do we? A black sham of a white cat, We still get jobs due to affirmative action, Stuck in colored skin, But do the number of blacks compare to the number They make it seem as if skin is a sin, of Caucasians, Funny their obsession with K’s, We still get education, My skin color is black, But is it the same quality, Don’t be blind to that fact, America has grown, But also don’t tell me that I am less or more of that, But has it fully grown? The color of my skin is: The color of my skin is unnoticed, Ugly, Sporty, Funny, Ghetto, To someone who is colorblind, Words often associated with my skin color, Because in order to see me, So much so that all I began to think was that, You have to see my color, The black person, the stigma of a nation right? Yes, I know, Black magic, black plague, the dark arts, I now know that my skin appears to be the issue, All negative connotations to what we are defined, I am comfortable with the color of my skin, Lazy black man, welfare hogger, affirmative action Because while I may talk educated that makes me no more associate, or less of a black person than the others That is us right? Because God created the colors, Funny that this action that is so affirmative is the reason, And there are different shades of black, Why so many companies are headed or filled with But they are all still black, blacks right? To lump us all as ghetto, The victim is now rising, the privileged race suffers, Is not stereotyping if it’s true, Due to the need for diversity, the blacks now rise, Once you go black, you never go back, Let it be forbid if the system that once brought them down, That’s why so many avoid being that, Now extends a peace branch, Because when you’re black, Hooray racism is NO MORE, You can’t be at the top, that’s silly, This is why blacks are associated with welfare and poor Even when you’re the star, housing, You will still only be the supporting character, Why you can only see us in the dark if we smile, But they say, why the outrage, Why we are loud in movies, can’t swim and love chicken, Slavery is over, Racism is gone, America has changed, The riots for equal treatment are outdated, The truth of that statement, Blacks are no longer treated unequally in the workplace, Can be cast out with two words, Companies no longer only higher black folks to White Privilege, fulfill a quota, Just goes to show, Police brutality and stereotyping do not exist, The more America changes, Racism is no more, The more it repeats the past, Color does not exist, The color of my skin, So why am I still thinking about the color of my skin, Has nothing to do with anything, We have Obama , basketball and Madea, When in fact it has, We have made it to the land of mediocrity, Everything to with everything, So why are we still fighting, right? Job, treatment, school, services, labels, money, We are higher than we were before, All of these already have color factored in, WE are no longer treated differently based on the So how can I be happy? color of our skin, With the color of my skin.

2 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 3 La Mano del Destino, A TRUE MEXICAN HERO By Maria Emery, Sophomore, Mathematics

If you take a look in to the world of J-Gonzo’s La Mano del Destino at one’s life in terms of social justice. The comic books and the ones that become once celebrates Mexican cultural acceptance of the mask represents popular, you may start to realize that heritage—especially the history of the acceptance of La Mano’s destiny. the A-list characters like Batman, lucha libre—and pushes against the Superman, Spider-Man, and Iron Man US mainstreamed simplifications of J-Gonzo’s respect for a long tradition have something in common: they are Mexican culture. We need only look to of lucha principals takes place at the male and white. It’s the white male Jared Hess’s film, Nacho Libre, when level of characterization and how La superheroes that grab the limelight. casting Jack Black as the mustachioed, Mano is drawn. And, there’s another In order to combat the whiteness that heavily Spanglish accented, bumbling level to which J-Gonzo seeks to set is the superhero world, Latino comic buffoon, Nacho. Jack Black’s character his Latino-centered storyworld in a book creator, Jason Gonzalez (known mocks the lucha libre sport. He mocks rich and vibrant past. At SÕL-CON, as J-Gonzo in the comic book world), Mexican culture. He mocks Mexican J-Gonzo discussed with me his goal breathes life into a Latino superhero subjectivity and experience. to create a unique comic book look as the protagonist of the story: the that sets itself against modern day eponymous luchador superhero With his creation of La Mano del Destino, comics. He uses approximately nine known as La Mano del Destino. This J-Gonzo breaks the US mainstreamed different colors in his giving shape to hero not only adds diversity to the simplifications of the luchador. With great the comic book storyworld. He does comic book universe, but he anchors responsibility to his subject matter—the so to give it the look of comics of the readers in a rich and complex history history of luchadores in Mexico—he Sixties—those that had the biggest of Mexican culture and sensibility. creates a complex Latino luchador impact on him in his journey to become superhero who Latino reader and all a creator. For instance, we often see others can engage with. As with the his use of contrasting colors like tradition in Mexico, J-Gonzo decides green, blue, and magenta throughout to not reveal the face under the mask of his comic to take readers back to this La Mano del Destino. He is either always earlier era of comics creation. And, just wearing a mask or his face masked by as importantly to use colors we might J-Gonzo’s careful shading or objects see at Día de los muertos celebrations within the panel. In the figure below, we with its contrastive color schemes. see a rough outline of his head, but his actual face is concealed by the splashing While J-Gonzo carefully uses color water—and the way J-Gonzo chooses to anchor readers in an earlier era to portray him in side-profile. J-Gonzo of comics and also Mexican cultural at once wanted to respect the luchador tradition, in the end his unique cultural tradition of never revealing the combinations and slightly subdued hero behind the mask. He knows well color effect are his own. They make for that once the mask is put on, then the a comic book that is at once anchored luchador superhero has accepted his in Mexican cultural traditions and destiny in society. Yet, J-Gonzo also Sixties styled comics look, and that purposefully obscures details of the transforms these into the J-Gonzo unmasked Latino luchador to invite comic book storyworld that is a non-Latino readers of the comic to relate combination of his own experience to him. The less that is shown, the more growing up Mexican and American—as the reader will fill in the gaps and invest Latino. He opens doors for others to him or herself in the character. To sum step into this hybrid superhero space. up a conversation I had with J-Gonzo He provides a magnificent mirror for at SÕL-CON: Brown & Black Comics future generations of Latino children to Expo 2016, the acceptance of the see themselves as the rich, complex mask determines how one will live diversity superheroes that they are. 4 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 5 Manuel Jacquez Directs William Shakespeare’s The Tempest

By Victoria Muñoz, Lecturer, OSU Mansfield Photo Credit: A.J. Zanyk Photography This past February, the OSU English energy that Jacquez brought to his Department’s in-house theater group, breakout role as director of a dramatic the Lord Denney’s Players, mounted a production. Last year, he served as his master. Harper captured the raw performance of William Shakespeare’s Assistant Director for the LDP’s produc- anger of Caliban, who has become celebrated comedy, The Tempest, at tion of Richard II, directed by Dr. Sarah something of an icon in post-co- the Columbus Performing Arts Center. Neville, now Creative Director for the lonial studies of The Tempest. His Directed by Manuel “Manny” Jacquez, drama troupe. This year, however, presence reminds the audience of a PhD Candidate in the English depart- Jacquez took on primary responsibility the play’s allusive background in the ment focusing on Renaissance drama, for the Lord Denney’s Players’ growing burgeoning transatlantic slave trade the production brings to life the humor, theatrical repertoire; his execution of and his uncertain status at the end complexity, and richness of Shake- The Tempest reflected the vision of of the play underscores the blatant speare’s play, focusing on both textual a director confident in the message disregard with which the character is fidelity and character development. I had he wished to convey through deep traditionally treated. The production the pleasure of serving as dramaturg for character development and minimal dealt deftly with this ambiguity; during this production of The Tempest along distraction from props or scenery. one rehearsal, I expressed concern to with PhD Candidate, Dan Knapper. As I Jacquez regarding Caliban’s line, "I'll attended rehearsals and helped the Jacquez endeavored to return agency to be wise hereafter. And seek for grace." actors to bring Shakespeare’s immortal the play’s most traditionally marginalized As a scholar of early modern religious words to life, I became keenly aware of characters: Prospero’s daughter, Miranda culture, I suggested that the actor bring just how special this production would be. (Hannah Woods), and his slave, Caliban out the doctrinal connotations of the (Tony Harper). In most productions, word “grace,” as in the Protestant notion Much of the strength of this performance Miranda is presented as a passive and of reformed grace. Prospero would then lie with its direction. In the bare space of obedient daughter to Prospero (Antony act as a religious authority “blessing” the Columbus Performing Arts Center, Shuttleworth). Her furtive flirtations with his servant and forgiving him for his the production largely relied on the Ferdinand (Joseph Glandorf) are often former transgression. Jacquez rejected actors’ command of their characters and depicted as the result of uncontrollable the idea, noting that “no, Prospero and on their movement through the environ- and shameful attraction rather than a Caliban don’t get any sort of resolution.” ment to bring to mind the fecundity and conscious effort to act upon her own wonders of Prospero’s island dominion. desires. Under Jacquez’s direction, After watching the final version of the I was initially surprised at how minimal however, the audience was treated play in performance, I was glad that the space would be, since The Tempest to a deeply self-possessed Miranda, Jacquez deemed this direction unfit for is known for being a staged spectacle. who resisted her father’s overbearing his vision of the characters or for the When I expressed this concern to the nature, rolled her eyes and teased him larger thematic concerns of the produc- director, Jacquez sagely reminded me for his pedantry; Woods gave relish tion. As he emphasized, Caliban was that good actors needed only their to Miranda’s lines openly expressing not a character whose abuse by his bodies and voices to bring plays to life. her attraction to Ferdinand, to whom European overlords would be allowed to This response typified the exuberant she pledges herself as his “slave.” disappear under the sweeping idealism of the play’s happy ending. Indeed, Meanwhile, Prospero’s Caliban remains a problem in The Tempest real slave, Caliban, repeat- and in Jacquez’s version, deliberately edly interrupted the idyllic undercuts the comedy, reminding us fantasy-world of Prospero’s that the larger world of greed, profit, creation by screaming insults and self-interest exist just beneath the pertaining to the unex- surface of Shakespeare’s seemingly amined complacency of light-hearted romp through utopia.

4 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 5 Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from the Borderlands, LASER Founder and Distinguished Professor Frederick Aldama’s First Fiction Book is a Must-Read

By Miguel Valerio, PhD Candidate, Spanish

Praised by a host of stellar writers like divided into allegorical beginnings, Juan Felipe Herrera, poet laureate middles, and ends. Another important of the US, and Ayize Jama-Everett, formal aspect of the collection is its author of The Liminal People, and the mirrored bilingualism: not only are the outpouring of reviews since its publica- stories peppered with Spanish phrases, tion earlier this year, Frederick Aldama’s but there are English and Spanish Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from versions of each. This mirroring imitates the Borderlands (University of Arizona the borderlands Aldama’s characters Press, 191 pages) is a must-read for all inhabit; a space where bilingualism and young and older adults. At a moment multiculturalism are quotidian realities, when xenophobic discourse and where one language is intimate and practices in the US emanate from the the other necessary for survival, where White House itself, Aldama’s fiction you are one person in one space and debut brings us the human stories of another in another. Formally, then, the working-class Latinos men and women, stories, like their characters, success- young, old, and in between, while enter- fully navigate the borderlands. Aldama, taining us with a host of peculiar charac- like his characters, so familiar to him, ters, from infants who read before they is able to travel between the two talk to Xbox videogamer cholo cyber- languages/cultures he inhabits and that punks and every imaginable middle inhabit him with the ease of a puma ground, and their practical wit. Every in its domain. For both Aldama and reader will find their deepest hopes his characters, the borderlands is the Photo Credit: Luis Fernando Macías and dreams reflected in these charac- house of their being, to paraphrase the ters, despite either’s idiosyncrasies. German philosopher Martin Heidegger who inhabit Aldama’s borderlands; (On Humanism). It is where they “live, men and women who could roam As with every work of fiction, the book’s move, and have their being,” to borrow our streets and not frighten us, unlike form is important. In “Unended Story”, the line from Acts 17:28. An additional Picasso’s creations, as his wife once the literary critic Jaime, one of Aldama’s formal aspect of the book itself is the told him. Borderlands, furthermore, is many alter egos in the collection, makes great illustrations from Mapuche. the place of rejects, of those forgotten precisely this argument: “Form,” says by society. These characters’ precar- Jaime to an interviewer, “is paramount The collection engages the theme iousness comes from their marginal- to the writer of fiction; it’s where the will of borderland in other ways. Border- ization, from their liminal existence, to shape matter to create something lands are spaces where two cultures from their being in between, in limbo. is exercised and where the work of art meet and, often reluctantly, coexist. comes into existence.” A respected From its subject matter to its mirrored It has always been the aim of good scholar of flash fiction himself, Aldama’s bilingualism, Aldama’s collection of fiction to tell the truth. In this book, dabbles in this form with great results short stories is about that. It is also a Aldama tells a timely truth; one we in the collection’s “Prelude: A la Tito collection of short stories where fiction thought self-evident, but that is being Monterroso.” Here’s an example, “The coexists with non-fiction. In other words, compromised by alternatives facts. In Hunger Pangs”: “When she woke up, the universals in the fiction are drawn the age of post-truth, fiction will have the hunger pangs were still there.” This from the particulars of everyday Latino to reiterate the truths that embolden enigmatic one-liner recalls Frank Kafka’s reality. Aldama plays with the concepts men and women to cross borders, to famous opening in The Metamor- of borderland itself, for the stories don’t take risks, to fight to bring to their lives phosis, so excellently imitated, among take place in any specific real-world the dignity they believe it should have, others, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in geographic location. The borderlands not to settle. Aldama has given us a the opening of Chronicle of a Death are the lives of the characters. Border- great beginning. Like the work of Junot Foretold. I cite these examples to show lands are unstable environments Diaz and so many other great young how rich this one-liner is. Savor them. where precarity—unpredictability, job writers, Long Stories Cut Short should But unlike those authors’ fantastic char- insecurity, uncertainty about physical become part of every high school and acters, Aldama presents us a person and psychological welfare—is the core college curriculum. As Ayize put who hungers. This realism is another order of the day. Nothing more precar- it, “To ignore [this] work is to ignore the intrinsic component of the collection, ious than the fragile lives of those lives of millions.” Happy reading!

6 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 7 Decolonizing Film Studies 101: By Danielle Orozco, A Global Approach to Cinema PhD Student, English

Every week at the Gateway Film Center, because we our students aren’t just experiencing feel that such an ordinary “Introduction to Film” class. texts are socially In addition to viewing the work of such and politically western film giants like George Méliès relevant, and that and Alfred Hitchcock, they’re also such cinematic soaking in the images of Mira Nair’s voices are Salaam Bombay! (1988), Alejandro aesthetically González Iñárritu’s Amores Perros important (2001), and Dee Rees’s Pariah (2011). despite their This semester, Frederick Luis Aldama limited visibility and his graduate teaching associates— in mainstream culture. Our course including Rocío Prado and myself—are has also featured a variety of guest interested in providing a film course that speakers, including local Columbus is diverse not only in terms of content, filmmaker Chris Bournea and executive but also form. With the inclusion of producer James Younger of National Mex-Ciné directors along with black Geographic’s The Story of God with and queer filmmakers, we hope to Morgan Freeman. For students, film de-stratify the hegemony of white-male becomes alive through such valuable filmmakers that has come to dominate networking opportunities. Multilingual, not only cinema screens but film syllabi. multicultural, and multinational in That is not to say that Quentin Tarantino nature, our class aspires to not only and Christopher Nolan do not have diversify discourses about film, but to an important position on the course initiate difficult discussions about race, syllabus, because they do…what’s not gender, class, and orientation within an to love about QT’s crafty dialogue and increasingly globalized world. Without Hans Zimmer’s bassy scores? However, borders, the possibilities for film analysis we have decided to include films like becomes like the z-axis of a frame— Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989) full of depth but with deep focus. and Robert Rodriguez’s Machete (2010) Photo Credit: Dr. Aldama

Latinidad and Jewishness: Days of Awe by Achy Obejas

By Jonathan Branfman, PhD Candidate, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies This plot beautifully unwinds false dichotomies between Jewish and Latinx experience and identity. Obejas not only highlights Blending Latinidad and Jewishness, Days Jewishness as a thread within Caribbean life, of Awe follows Cuban-American translator but also explores how the Spanish Inquisition, Alejandra (Ale) San José. Born in Havana on the Holocaust, and the Cuban Revolution the day of Castro’s victory, smuggled to Miami resonate together on frequencies of trauma, at age two, and raised in Chicago, Ale slowly exile, survival, diaspora, memory, language, untwines her family’s history in adulthood. and identity. She makes it possible to think Rediscovering Cuba also allows Ale to name Jewishness and Latinidad together in powerful the difference she has always sensed in her news ways. father: his hidden Jewishness, passed down through five centuries ofmarranos (forced For anyone interested in Cuban, Caribbean, converts to Catholicism) since the dawn of Jewish, Latino, and/or immigrant experience, colonialism and Cuba’s birth. Days of Awe makes an excellent read. Days of Awe. Achy Obejas. Penguin Random House. 2002. 402 pgs. 6 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 7 Destiny Frasqueri, known to her fans The song “Brujas” from 1992 is one of the most apparent expressions if her and new fans alike as Princess Nokia Afro-Latina decent. The song is centered around her religion and spirituality (AKA Wavy Spice, AKA Destiny) is a 24 and even sees her trace her ancestry in rhyme: year old Afro-Latina rapper from New York City. I was introduced to Princess "I’m that Black a-Rican bruja straight out from the Yoruba Nokia while I was down a YouTube rabbit hole of music videos and came across And my people come from Africa diaspora, Cuba the video for “Tomboys.” The song in itself shares with its listeners the many And you mix that Arawak, that original people sides of Princess Nokia that can be end- lessly explored in her other projects like I’m that Black Native American, I vanquish all evil [insert names of other mixtapes here]. I’m that Black a-Rican bruja straight out from the Yoruba However, her newest offering,1992 is making waves in the blogosphere and And my ancestors Nigerian, my grandmas was brujas hip-hop communities alike. And I come from an island and it’s called Puerto Rico But let’s backtrack here. What makes Princess Nokia so special? What And it’s one of the smallest but it got the most people" makes her distinguishable from other rappers gaining popularity in 2017? I can spend various paragraphs The Fader, Remezcla, OkayAfrica and Nylon Magazine have all recognized and pages citing her flow, ability to the song and video for “Brujas” as the spiritual Afro-Latina anthem that it switch-up said flow, and emotive is. However, her influence is not confined to this one song. If you visit her vocal choices and you would probably Instagram @PrincessNokia) you will come across plenty of posts about get the point. In addition to those her Black and Brown heritage and more importantly, her pride about both. aspects, it is important to highlight her Her podcast, Smart Girls Club Radio was a platform created for her and expression of her Afro-Latina roots in other guests to discuss what she calls “Urban Feminism” which can be her music, online platforms, live shows, characterized as “feminism for the ghetto woman.” Looking at the digital and pretty much everything she is cover for each podcast, the description showcases her dedication to involved with. Black and Brown women [photo]. Princess Nokia’s willingness to center her Afro-Latina identity in her career can be seen as resistance against the tumultuous times we are living in as PoC. These are only a few of the examples of her work, but you simply search her name you’ll be introduced to her world and much more.

ICYMI: Princess Nokia’s Afro-Latinidad By Sai Isoke, MA student, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

1992 is streaming and available for Follow her on Twitter (@PrincessNokia) Album cover of Princess Nokia's 1992. free download at PrincessNokia.org and Instagram (@PrincessNokia)

8 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 9 Patricia Valoy: Latina engineer and life saver By Neil Ramírez, Senior, Mechanical Engineering

At this pivotal time in my life where I am only weeks away from receiving my mechanical engineering degree (the first male in my family to graduate from a four-year institution by the way), I found myself in need of a sense of direction and hope for what is to come next.

Meeting Patricia at this time was a blessing. The way that she carried herself as a confident Latina in a field plagued by cis-straight white men is nothing short of inspiring. Patricia is a beacon of hope for all those who feel like the world is against them.

Members of the Spring 2017 Andean Ensemble at End of Semester Andean Music Concert. Photo Credit: Gordon Lewis Ulmer, PhD candidate, Anthropology

LASER Scholar Playlist By Kenia Lizbeth Ponce Benites, Beechcroft High School

Este informe se va a tratar de mi álbum de Todas estas canciones me hacen recordar canciones favoritas. Las canciones son: momentos felices que viví en Honduras con mi familia, mis amigos, y mi novio. Son • Lo aprendí de ti de (Ha y Ash). recuerdos que nunca se van a poder olvidar • Eres My todo de (feat. Los primos). y que han dejado en mi corazón. Me hacen • Colgando en tus manos de (Carlos sentir mejor al recordarlos y al pensar de baute con Marta Sánchez). lo mejor que me pudo haber pasado. Mis • Llévame Despacio de (Paulina Goto). sentimientos están dirigidos a una persona • Tenerte de (Luis Coronel). que está lejos, pero para el amor no hay distancia, ni rumbo, ni nada que lo pueda • Hoy es un buen día de (Río Roma). derribar. Si el amor es fuerte, au estando • Tenerte de (Río Roma). lejos, se puede valorar y amar. El amor a Photo credit: distancia es para valientes. Kenia Lizbeth Ponce Benites

8 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 9 EXPRESIONES

Qhapaq Raymi Perupi Quechua By Daniel Runnels, By Guillermo López-Prieto, Indiana PhD Student, Indiana University Simi University, Spanish/Portugues Ñuqawan yachaykunawan diciembrepi Peruman ripurqayku. Ñuqayku Limapi chantapis Tarapoto, chantapis Lamas, Ñuqa Indiana jatun yachaywasipi yachakuni. Sutiy chantapis Chachapoyas untukurqayku. Limata jatun llaqta, Tarapotota Chachapoyas Guillermo. Ñuqa kimsa chunka watayuq. Ñuqa mana jatun llaqtachu. Ñuqayku chunka Cubamanta kani. Ñuqawan Elizabethwan ñawpaq pusaqniyuq punchaw Perupi kachkarqayku. wata lata p’isqupi Indianamanta New Hampshirekama rirqayku. Ñuqayku New Hampshirepi iskay chunka Ñuqa Indianapi sapa punchaw rumpiyta p’unchaw kachkarqayku. Elizabethpis Indiana jatun munani, ichaqa Perupi mana rumpirqani. yachaywasipi yachakun. Elizabeth kimsa chunka Ñuqa Perúrunakunawan parlarqani. Ñuqa mana achka Quechua simita parlarqani, watayuqpis. Ñuqayku achkha p’achata apamurqayku. ichaqa allin pisi. Ñuqa Tarapotopi Lamaspi New Hamshirepi ancha chiri. Ñuqayku mana Quechua simita parlarqani. Ñuqa Limapi wayt’arqaykuchu. Ñuqa sapa p’unchaw 9 phanita Chachapoyaspi españolta parlarqani. jatarikurqani, chanta ñuqa mayllakurgani. Elizabethwan Yachaykuna mana españolta Quechua simita tatanwan mamanwan ñuqawan sapa paqarin sach’a parlankuchu. sach’api purirqayku, chanta ñuqayku anqas p’isquwan Ñuqayku comunidad indígenapi pukllarqayku. watukurqayku. Sutin Shukshuyaku. Ñuqawan Elizabethwan sapa ch’isi tusuna wasipi Jaqay, ñuqaykuwan warmi wawawan fútbolta pukllarqayku. Chanta, ñuqayku tusurqayku. Ñuqa machanaykamapuni tequilata agriculturata yachaykurqayku. Ñuqayku upyarqani. Elizabeth mana tequilata upyanchu. Pay mikhunatapis yachaykurqayku. Chanta, lawata mikhurqa. Ñuqa mana lawata munarqanichu. ñuqaykuwan comunidadwan jatun Ñuqa ni jayk’aq lawata mikhurqanichu. Ñuqa wallpa mikhunata mikhurqayku. aychatayuq papatawan, ch’uñutawan mikhurqani. Elizabeth mamanjina mikhunata wayk´un, chanta ñuqa Chaymanta ñuqayku juchuy llaqtaman watukurqayku. Sutin Wayku. Jaqay, juk runtuyuqlla mikhunata munani, mana iskaytachu. ñuqaykuwan warmi wawawan qhari Ñuqayku sayk’uykukamapuni tusurqayku. Ñuqapis wawawan tusurqayku. Paykuna yana chukchayuq warmiwan tusurqani. Ñuqawan yachachirqanku, ñuqayku yachaykurqayku. Elizabethwan 2 a.m phanita kuntulapi wasikama Chanta ñuqa cocata upyarqani. jamurqayku.

Chanta, ñuqayku Limapi kutirqayku. Ñuqayku New Hampshirepi achkha runawan Yachaykuna Estados Unidosman kutirqanku, tinkurqayku. Ñuqayku ñawpaqta manaraq New ichaqa ñuqa Limapi qhipakurqani. Ñuqa Hampshirepi kachkarqaykuchu. Ñuqapis Elizabethpis Limapi chichata upyarqani. Ñuqa Limapi cevicheta mikhurqani. Chantapis ñuqa achkhata New Hampshire munayku. bibliotecata watukurqani, chantapis Tinkunakama, panqakuna rantirqani – juk panqa Quechua simimanta, achka panqa españolmanta. Guillermo López-Prieto Chanta, ñuqa Houstonman ripurqani. Jaqay ñuqawan llawar masiwan navidad q’uchuchirqayku.!

10 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 11 Teaching Quechua Using Features of Online Instruction and Community Learning By Mark Kolat, Program Content Creator/Editor for Quechua, and Elvia Andía-Grágeda, Quechua Lecturer, Spanish

The Ohio State University, Indiana University and Oberlin include methodological planning that strengthens the College are utilizing video conferencing to teach the most teaching of Quechua with a variety of written, visual and spoken indigenous language of the Americas: Quechua. audio materials; and constant classroom and pedagogical An innovative vision that opens doors to indigenous and support to maximize the linguistic competence of the minority languages, this method allows for a larger base participants. The active participation of those involved in of students to interact with those at other universities, this process demonstrates a collaborative effort that creates forming a Quechua Learning Community that surpasses not just a classroom of students, but a tightly-knit group the boundaries of the traditional classroom setting. Classes based on mutual support and partnerships. Through the take place in person on the Columbus Campus of Ohio presence of a screen in the classroom, the pseudo-barrier State and are broadcast in real-time to Indiana and Oberlin. of distance is eliminated and the distinct classrooms are Essential to the success of this program is the mutual converted into a single one that encourages learning using support between institutions in sharing roles and activities the frequent communication of each student to create its in order to furnish a common classroom space between community-based atmosphere. Here, everyone knows them. Other vital features that make this program unique each other as a fellow student and colleague with the same goal of learning the Quechua language. The language itself exhibits this neighborly quality as it possesses the following principles that serve as the linchpin of the class: yanapakuy (mutual help), ayñi (giving and taking while recognizing a reciprocal action) and mik’a (continuous work, communal equality). All of these attitudes are brought into the present space and time through this Quechua collective as every person is a significant, important part of the Quechua Learning Community. These principles and their execution in the classroom result in the knowledge of and respect for an indigenous language and its associated cultural underpinnings. With this sort of language instruction, we hope to see an increased number of students interested in this Andean language who study with us, either in person in Columbus, or at one of our partner institutions. quepasa.osu.edu 10 Photo credit: Spanish department Spring ’17 11 EXPRESIONES

in the By: Jeannette Martinez, ART Short North MA student, History of Art

The Short North Art District is vibrant, brimming with college the city becomes something else entirely. Rows and rows students and twenty-somethings, and there are bars galore; of housing completely abandoned, buildings closed and when someone visits, it’s where you take them to see the literally falling apart; and in peripheral view, there is always best the city has to offer. There is also art in the Short North, the sight of the glorious Ohio State. Gentrification divides and lots of it. The galleries are the epitome of contemporary a city’s communities, it creates an illusion that doesn’t art, each displaying a few highly conceptual and abstract accurately reflect what it really is. This is not a problem works. Murals have also found a home here. The Short unique to Columbus, using art to whitewash poor areas North Arts District website states that murals “embod[y] the of town has occurred in most metropolitan areas. In the spirit of the district.” Some of the most recognized murals past months, Boyle Heights in Los Angeles has proactively in this Columbus strip are Leonardo’s Mona Lisa and Grant resisted gentrification, and they are pointing directly to art Wood’s American Gothic. Mona Lisa resting on her side galleries as the root of the problem. Here in Columbus, we and the American Gothic father and daughter in switched seem to be ignoring that gentrification exists. positions—the farmer at the bottom and the daughter upside down—“make a statement” unique to the Short North. These Here is the biggest issue with gentrification in the Short are the basic, generic tactics implemented to attract the North: it is a weak attempt at integrating art into the upper middle-class to a location to that used to be lowly and public realm, especially the use of murals. Muralism in the ‘ghetto.’ We not only see this in the art of the Short North, United States, and in the Americas in general, is rooted in but also in real estate, for example, the newly renovated politicism and resistance. Muralism and public art serve as Wonder Bread Lofts in Italian Village, just two blocks away. visual languages, art in public spaces speaks in manners Using art as financial tactic is nothing new under the sun. verbal language cannot. It can demonstrate the everyday Art is a primary tool of gentrification not only in Columbus, biases that we cannot speak about, it can initiate unity, or, but in larger cities such as Los Angeles—the Arts District as it did in the 2008 presidential election, it can inspire and Echo Park, and the Brooklyn Arts District in New York hope. The art in the Short North completely disregards City. The Short North is Columbus’s most obvious attempt this inherent characteristic of muralism, further reinforcing to make a depreciated area once again profitable, and art how gentrification is solely for profit, it is merely decorous. is being used to do this. Once artists establish galleries, it Muralism in the Short North is plain and boring; art is being brings in crowds, and once it becomes popular, investors misused. Art is more than a thing to see, and it is certainly come and build high-priced suites that max out local artists more than a financial tactic. But, hey, maybe seeing colorful and galleries and create a new surfaced, monopolized “art circles stickered to a wall will entice you buy that extra slice district,” enter gentrification. of overpriced pizza. Photo Credit: Marie Lerma Okay, so art is being used as profit. Big deal, what’s new? Nothing, nothing is new. But that is exactly the problem. Nobody is saying anything about this, or about how gentrification is effecting the poorer communities living in Columbus. Have most students at OSU—the demographic the Short North is mostly for—even seen other parts of town? Probably not. The people that lived in the Short North, even ten years ago, have been maxed out of it, forced into less developed areas of the city. Once you step out of ‘OSU World’ and the Short North,

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“International students add to our diverse tapestry of campus life. Approximately, 67 countries and 6 continents are represented...Ohio State is a global university and we are committed to preparing all of our students for the global realities with which they will live and work.” —Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston Ohio State University Fall Commencement, December 18, 2016

The Ohio State University actively development. In his expansive study The lack of awareness around claims a global status and positions on the subject, legal scholar Dr. language as an axis of discrimination itself as a champion of diversity. While William Y. Chin (2010) states “linguistic in existing diversity and inclusion we have made some significant strides profiling denies accented students of programing has been damaging to in achieving a student body which is color equal educational opportunities already marginalized students of color. representative of plurality, we do little and presents another barrier to their It is important to not reduce the issue to substantively ensure their success educational advancement”. These as administrative and be conscious here at OSU. One such axis of inclusion forms of exclusions demonstrate that of discriminatory racial ideology. The we have failed at is language. We colonialism is alive and well and OSU lack support structures and advocacy have installed multiple institutional contributes to it through its linguistic forums addressing linguistic bias has impediments to marginalize accented empire, by refusing to acknowledge disenfranchised these students. The students of colour. This adversely the multiplicity of English speech. repeated denial of linguistic proficiency affects Latino, Asian and in many case further depreciates student confidence Muslim students who can be either For instance, in the UCLA Journal and institutionally alienates them. These international or domestic students. Voices (2014) they described Chicano grievous patterns affect everyday English as “...simply a different variety student experience and manifests Linguistic profiling and discrimination of English, which is also privileged with itself as an active form of othering. has been predominant in admission social value in particular contexts— processes, scholarship allocations and albeit, social value that may not be If OSU envisions to be a truly global mandated ESL testing. A lot of these reserved for the highest echelon of university, it remains extremely students come from countries which society in the English-speaking world." important to create a culture of linguistic already use English as a primary or Replace Chicano English with any inclusion and recognize that speech secondary language of communication linguistic variation of English and we is as diverse as its people. In order to due to histories of colonialism. Ironically, understand the institutional framework achieve this goal, OSU administration even many domestic students are in which OSU tells the majority of needs to initiate a study collecting data profiled as non-English speakers based their students we have exposed you in linguistic discrimination, reassess on irrational stereotypes. There has to a variety of speakers to make you the grounds on which TOEFL and been a steady pattern of prospective more marketable while simultaneously ESL-mandated tests are determined. We undergraduate Latinx Buckeyes being stripping students of color of their reiterate, in denying diverse variations of marked as needing the TOEFL despite voice and telling them that they via spoken English, OSU is stripping many having completed K-12 in Ohio schools, their language varieties are inferior. Buckeyes of color of their voice. with a common denominator being a non-anglicized name. Another form of OSU’s systematic linguistic violence imposes ESL-mandated testing and pronunciation classes Linguistic Profiling and on students with regional accents, preventing them from classroom teaching and restricting their pedagogic Discrimination at OSU By Swati Vijaya (PhD Student, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies) and Elena Costello Tzitzún, PhD Student, Spanish

12 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 13 14 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 15 14 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 15 Artist Credit: Maria Sanchez-Luna, Photo Credit: Luis Fernando Macías EXPRESIONES A Conversation with Jennicet Gutiérrez By Neil Ramírez, Senior, Mechanical Engineering

When people hear Jennicet Gutiérrez, they often think of this activist’s action during a celebration for LGBTQ accomplishments by President Obama in June of 2015. Jennicet was invited as part of La Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement (TQLM), with other members. They had been doing activism for a while, and so realized that this invitation was a place for action. Jennicet and the other members of TQLM and other activist groups could see that doors were being shut for trans immigrants. People were celebrating a president while ignoring cries of people in detention centers. Not only that, but Black trans women were and are being murdered every 48 hours. So, Jennicet felt that there was no way she could go and not say something about these pressing, but obscured issues that LGBTQ people face. Her heroic action to criticize President Obama is an important lesson to always question and work to make each other better allies.

When asked about how people try to label her, Jennicet said that we can’t prioritize one identity over others we hold. She said that she would like to share her intersectional experiences with as many people as possible in order to get rid of fear. A lot of people act the way they do towards immigrants, undocumented and not, and trans people out of ignorance. She also insisted on the importance of letting youth know that they are not alone, and that they have an army of community. They have every right to exist. We need to provide a platform to listen and make life easier for the next generation as we fight, while making room for the next generation too.

Jennicet also advised us on starting activist work. She recommended that people clean their own house before Above: Jennicet Gutiérrez in the office of Women’s, Gender, and they try to reach out to communities that you’re not a part of. Sexuality Studies by a panting of Angela Davis by Tess Pugsley. First, face our questions, be very intentional, make others Below: Jennicet with Neil RamÍrez and Zakaria Farah. visible, surround yourself with elders you can look up to, and always challenge yourself. Jennicet’s goal is to plant seeds of resistance. Assimilation is not the goal. People should also avoid the ‘perfect’ immigrant image. Good immigrants versus bad immigrants is a dangerous strategy that benefits the status quo. It also means turning our back on so many people. People get too comfortable with that status quo, while others get left out. Liberation has to be for all of us, or none of us.

Speaking with Jennicet was an honor because she has inspired so many through her actions. The most important lesson to take away was to live our life everyday with the intent of making the world a better place. Ask yourself, are my actions adding to the oppression of others? If so, change them and see how the world can become a better place.

16 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 17 "Imayna kasanki, kay p'unchaykuna?" Yoga clase-nisqata tukuytawan. Wasiyman kutispa leeyta qallarini pacha. Chay p’unchaykuna, ashka ruwanay karqan, Samarikuspa leeyqa manchay sumaq ichaqa tukuy ima sumaq, imaraykuchus yuyayninchis k’ancharin. noqaqa kusikuni. Samakunaypaq, wasi-ruwanata ruwani. Kay Autumn Semestre-nisqa: agosto, Sapa p’unchay, mikunata wayk’uni. septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre Mikhuna wayk’uypis gustawan. ancha sasa karqapis, ichaqa sumaq karqan. Wasi-ruwanaqa anchata gustawan

Clasesniypaq, ashka películas-nisqata qhawani. Munaspa mana munaspa, Chay sábadopis, sapa domingopis, mikunata wayk’unay tiyan. Chay películas yuyayniypi kashan. Munaspa mana munaspa, wasiypi ruwanay tiyan. Clasesniypaqpis, ashka, ashka ashka librusta Chay tukuy ancha sumaq samakunapaq. estudiashani. Wasiypi librusniyta leeni. “Chay semestre-nisqapi, ima jatun eventos- Oficinaypipis librusniyta leeni. nisqa karqan? Sauna-nisqapipis librusniyta leeni! Noqaqa, uj ratu octubrepi Maypipis, noqa leenay tiyan! Clevelandman rirqani, conferenciapaq. Miercoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, Mamaywan OLAC-conferenciaman rirqayku. sapa p’unchay librusniyta leeni! Maykaqpis, noqa leenay tiyan! Departamentuykupaq, may jatun conferencia octubre killapi karqan. “Waw! Chay chhikata leenaykiri! Chay conferenciaq sutin “ILCLA/STLILA.” Kunanri imata ruwanki samakunaykipaqri?” Jaqaypipis, noviembrepi, Filadelfiaman Samakunaypaq, gimnasioman riyta yachaq kani. rillarqanitaq, conferencia karqan. “Fitness clase”-nisqaman rini, ñaqha sapa tuta. Amiguywan rirqayku. Yoga clase-nisqamanpis rinipuni. Noqaqa anchatapuni kusikuni yoga clase-pi. * * *

By Caroline Shipley, PhD Student, Quechua Jarawi Spanish and Portuguese

You can find the rest of this poem at:quepasaohiostate.tumblr.com

16 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 17 EXPRESIONES

that value our community despite the racial tension we see Un Pueblo Unido on television. A vast majority of tiendas Latinas closed and hundreds of people didn’t go to work. Although it was a day Jamás Será Vencido to unified, there were some divisions among the us, espe- cially on social media where people were sharing those By Sinai Cruz-Santos, Senior, English people and places who didn’t participated in the boycott. I spoke to a friend who decided to work and when I asked him why, he said, “It’s a personal choice. I wouldn’t get offended if others went to work. You don’t know their situation.” At Immigrants all across Ohio and across nation stayed home the march at the Statehouse, one student said, “I’m here February 16, 2017 to demonstrate how important they play for my parents who took a chance to come here and give in America’s economy. The movement, “A Day Without an me a better life.” One family member express that, “Esto es Immigrant,” went viral on social media as people shared it para todos ellos que se la pasan chambiando todo los dias. urging not to go to work, open their businesses, send their Los que se levantan con miedo que talvez ya no regresen children to school, or buy products. Coming from a family who en la tarde. Los padres que dejaron su familia en su pais, owns a Mexican bakery, I was intrigued by this movement. y los niños de esta generacion que pueden hacer algo The day before the boycott I had customers who told me that para cambiar esto. To a few, the boycott might had gone their managers, despite being American, encouraged them unnoticed. But to us, it meant something. It meant that when to participate and told them that they were huge players at we put our heart to it we can unite as a strong community. I their establishments. It fascinated me to hear these comments can say without a doubt that day felt empty. I can’t imagine because it was refreshing to know that there are some places a day without immigrants. I hope to never see one.

“Give me your tired, your poor, your The United States is seen as a torchlight Every Empire must have an economic huddled masses yearning to breathe of freedom throughout the world, due base and the Globalization that has free, the wretched refuse of your to this illusive FREEDOM that every indi- recently been introduced to the teeming shore. Send these, the vidual in America possesses. Everyone masses, has long been in use among homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I around the world is dying to have a the so-called Third World. This is a lift my lamp beside the golden door!” chance to come to the US to experience trigger word for the tired, poor, huddled She stands alone, with a torch in one this wonderful gift that “God” bestowed masses yearning to breathe free, hand, and a book in the other, with a on “Americans.” However, when they because their life is being choked out message written on it. Almost every get here they find out that this torchlight of them. The wretched homeless are “American” could and would recognize of “Freedom” is just the reflection of the masses of people bombed in to this symbol, it’s location, and name, but the ambers of a house on fire, burning oblivion because their ideology or how many can actually tell you where from within. America the beautiful is religion is not in line with the Empire. it came from and what message she like that statue with an elegant dress Tempest tossed because the waves carries. Even far more troubling, what on her to cover up her shame. Born of economic sanctions have hit them is the meaning of this message and from murder and genocide, then waxed like a tsunami that destroyed their does it really apply to anyone? What economically strong by slavery, America economy. So, when these whom you does this really mean? Is this really the the Great and Might Babylon of the invite to come to your land, that you call “American” attitude and understanding modern times stands rich and strong. Its refuse, finally reach your shores they of the grandiose superior possession corporations reaching around the world find out that it is all a lie. The Golden that only “Americans” have... FREEDOM. as it spreads “democracy” throughout door is no more than a giant golden the savage lands of this gate on the wall that is being built and Earth. With tentacles is now shut. This might fortress is now reaching every eye and on fire from within because the anger ear through its movie of its people is kindled and burning Where is and music industry, it is bright. Lady Liberty has long since a juggernaut spreading left her place. She threw her torchlight seeds of “freedom” over the wall because where there Lady Liberty? that is a mask for its is no truth, there is no justice, and “Corporatocracy.” with no justice there is no peace. By Chris Vasquez, Undergraduate, Chinese

18 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 19 Polishing By K. J. Amador, Alumni

“But how do you maintain your identity?” English isn’t your first language.” Stunned, I’ve begun introducing myself with a strong the words hang in the air, and the six of us, I say nothing. My father refused to teach handshake, pronouncing my last name four students, two professionals, pause. my sister and I Spanish as children for fear without shame, and not backing down We’ve been discussing professionalism as people would “know” we were Mexican. if it’s questioned. I speak Spanish to the Latinxs. Alone, perhaps we don’t appear I know now it didn’t matter. The polish, ultra-kind cleaning women who tend to my Hispanic. But in a group, it becomes more this time, is me smiling and taking her office. The language, the one my padre evident. It’s as if the strong parts of our sharp and unnecessarily mean criticism feared would diminish how society saw me, appearances; the dark eyes, the various with good humor and silence, eventually is now a strength on my resume. shades of skin from olive to pale, the thick breaking into angry tears at our last The polishing continues in small ways after varying shades of hair, are multiplied in meeting in a Panera when the smoothing graduation and into employment, but it’s one another’s presence, and it becomes became too much to bear. gotten easier too. I am complimented on obvious that we all share something In my third year, I started having real my ‘tan’, and don’t correct the speaker on together. Or perhaps it’s just the sense interviews. For each one I straighten my hair; their misconception. I dress conservatively. of a how small our community is that a painstaking, multi-hour process sure to I avoid animal prints, and nail polish that is binds us together. Our otherness. We are be foiled by the Midwestern humidity. With not beige, mauve, or ‘nude’. I am afraid of downtown in a mahogany conference room straight hair, I am constantly aware that it’s being a stereotype. I am afraid of not being of an expensive and prestigious firm. I am not quite natural, not quite sleek; it’s too Latina enough. The balance in policing myself in my final semester of my professional thick to fall gracefully, but I do it anyway. and maintaining myself is exhausting. degree. A man with dark hair, olive skin, I’ve read studies that curls are perceived as and a dark suit looks thoughtful, very Be polished, they tell us back in the messy, disorganized, unprofessional—and nearly pained, almost like he’s struck with conference room. But what they mean is I don’t want those characteristics to be a sudden toothache, and finally says in that representation matters. We Latinxs are associated with me. I imagine the other measured words, “you just have to find that so few and far between in our profession women I am competing with for a summer balance between professionalism and your that as a consequence we each act as position— the women at my school with identity.” I am still looking for that balance. a representative for the entire census creamy complexions and naturally sleek defined check box of Hispanic. We are Be polished is a constant theme of blonde or light brown hair. Delicate noses, every Hispanic person that comes after us becoming professional. But the polish delicate features, German names. Their and came before. One bad apple spoils starts out by battering me, not smoothing suits are fitted, their heels and bags— the bunch. One stereotype ruins us all. me. When I was in my first year, Gabo died, designer. It suddenly seems fine that The Latinxs before me broke into the and a professor emailed me and asked if I straightening my hair requires advanced profession; it’s now my job to do the same wanted to say a few words about his work. planning and makes my hands pink and for the Latinxs after me. We must maintain I realized I was the only “Hispanic” student sore from mild burns. I want to blend; I want our presence with pride and dignity. in the class, so even though Gabo was to compete. Professionalism polishes me Columbian, and my heritage is Mexican, as the iron heats, and I polish myself. I sometimes fear all the polishing is buffing I say a few words about his works in our out the edges of my identity. That all the In my office job, I feel forced to next class, and sit down quickly at the end, polish of professionalism is making me mispronounce my name over the phone. a strange sense of shame creeping across lose my unique shape. When I get home, Not by my boss or my coworkers, but my face despite my love for the author. The I change out of my suit. I speak Spanish coerced by my own self-preservation. polishing continues when I’m accused of to my cats. I put chile salt on my oranges If I pronounce it correctly the spelling turning in the same professor for saying and make beans and rice as comfort food. is butchered. In conference calls the something disparaging about Latinxs in I go to brunches with other Latinas to feel result is harsh and almost nasal. “Am- class—I feel battered as I snarl that it wasn’t unique belonging. I shower, and as the A-Door” I shout into the speakerphone. me, but if the professor is concerned water hits my hair the curls are released It is stumbling, there is no cadence to perhaps instead of finding who told on him from their straight confines, free to be it, no music, no natural feeling. This he should just not say offensive things. messy, disorganized, dark, and heavy. The pronunciation gets no affection from me. balance is both a struggle to maintain my In my second year, at our first meeting and Each time I pronounce it incorrectly feels professionalism and a struggle to maintain only having known my tell-tale last name, like a brush of rough polish swiping against my identity. an adjunct says, “Your writing sounds like me. But I win some battles against it, too.

18 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 19 SELF-IDENTITY QUÉ PASA Reader Voices

I identify as Xicana because I am 1st generation woman I self identify as . My Hispanic born in the U.S., the term embraces my Mexican-American father is Caucasian (White) born To be Latinx is to be uprooted, tossed around, and still roots and indigeneity. Broadly, I identify and prefer to use and raised in Montana. My mother thrive. Just as my parents left their country at a young age Latinx because it is gender fluid and inclusive for all. is Mexican, born and raised in in search of better opportunities, I too left everything – Marisol Becerra Juárez, Chihuahua. I was born in friendly and familiar to pursue an education thousands of miles away from home. Germany. In high school I was I identify as – Neil Ramirez Afro-Latino asked for my ethnicity on a state because of my Caribbean roots. exam but the forms did not have – Miguel A. Valerio an option for Hispanic. I felt if I marked "White" I was completely I usually say Indigenous disregarding my mother’s heritage. identified Xicana feminist. I chose "Other." Now, I self identify – Randi Lopez I am Mestiza, Xicana, Latina, Latinx. Mesitza I identify as Latino but more importantly I identify as Salvadoran as "Hispanic" because I’m half acknowledges my indigenous roots; Xicana a nomencla- and immigrant. I always identify as Salvadoran first because when White and half Mexican—I'm ture that stands as radical neither wholly Mexican nor I first arrived in the US, people were quick to call me Mexican, which "Hispanic. I feel this best honors wholly US-ian but a resistant combination of both; Latina meant no harm but was very annoying. By identifying as Salvadoran, I’d both of my parents’ cultures unites me with sisters; Latinx unites me with all my people like to think I’m putting my country on the map since there aren’t that and identities. from the Philipines to Jamaica to Guatemala to Brasil, all of many Salvadorans in Columbus and even less at Ohio State. Culturally, –Sheila A. McQuiston us who are the survivors of peninsular colonization. I’m in some sort of grey area. I came to Columbus when was five, can – Elena Costello speak Spanish fluently, love soccer, love grandma’s cooking, can dance to cumbia, and took part in quinceañeras but do they listen to Kanye in El I am African American and Mexican; Salvador? I’m definitely Americanized in a lot of ways, which is a testa- BlackXican. My dad is African American ment to being an immigrant, but at the end of the day I very much know but I grew up in a Mexican family and around what it means to be a Guanaco. Work hard and keep the family close. a mostly Mexican community. – Yuri Arteaga – Caprice Smith

I identify as a queer Latina. – Rocio Isabel Prado I identify as immigrant first, woman second, and Latina third. Beyond that I su—er from a severe identity crisis. I want to identify as American, but at times I self-identify as Mexican-American. I define myself as I become exhausted of trying. In the age of Trump there is a lot of rhetoric out there being Mexican-American, because I was born to Mexican parents that makes me feel like America, although my home, does not want to claim me. but was born in the United States. I am in both worlds, in my – Anonymous opinion. I talk in English to all of my friends, but at home I speak in Spanish. I am proud to be both Mexican and American. – Yajaira Ayala

20 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 21 QUÉ PASA Reader Voices

I identify as Xicana because I am 1st generation woman I self identify as . My Hispanic born in the U.S., the term embraces my Mexican-American father is Caucasian (White) born To be Latinx is to be uprooted, tossed around, and still roots and indigeneity. Broadly, I identify and prefer to use and raised in Montana. My mother thrive. Just as my parents left their country at a young age Latinx because it is gender fluid and inclusive for all. is Mexican, born and raised in in search of better opportunities, I too left everything – Marisol Becerra Juárez, Chihuahua. I was born in friendly and familiar to pursue an education thousands of miles away from home. Germany. In high school I was I identify as – Neil Ramirez Afro-Latino asked for my ethnicity on a state because of my Caribbean roots. exam but the forms did not have – Miguel A. Valerio an option for Hispanic. I felt if I marked "White" I was completely I usually say Indigenous disregarding my mother’s heritage. identified Xicana feminist. I chose "Other." Now, I self identify – Randi Lopez I am Mestiza, Xicana, Latina, Latinx. Mesitza I identify as Latino but more importantly I identify as Salvadoran as "Hispanic" because I’m half acknowledges my indigenous roots; Xicana a nomencla- and immigrant. I always identify as Salvadoran first because when White and half Mexican—I'm ture that stands as radical neither wholly Mexican nor I first arrived in the US, people were quick to call me Mexican, which "Hispanic. I feel this best honors wholly US-ian but a resistant combination of both; Latina meant no harm but was very annoying. By identifying as Salvadoran, I’d both of my parents’ cultures unites me with sisters; Latinx unites me with all my people like to think I’m putting my country on the map since there aren’t that and identities. from the Philipines to Jamaica to Guatemala to Brasil, all of many Salvadorans in Columbus and even less at Ohio State. Culturally, –Sheila A. McQuiston us who are the survivors of peninsular colonization. I’m in some sort of grey area. I came to Columbus when was five, can – Elena Costello speak Spanish fluently, love soccer, love grandma’s cooking, can dance to cumbia, and took part in quinceañeras but do they listen to Kanye in El I am African American and Mexican; Salvador? I’m definitely Americanized in a lot of ways, which is a testa- BlackXican. My dad is African American ment to being an immigrant, but at the end of the day I very much know but I grew up in a Mexican family and around what it means to be a Guanaco. Work hard and keep the family close. a mostly Mexican community. – Yuri Arteaga – Caprice Smith

I identify as a queer Latina. – Rocio Isabel Prado I identify as immigrant first, woman second, and Latina third. Beyond that I su—er from a severe identity crisis. I want to identify as American, but at times I self-identify as Mexican-American. I define myself as I become exhausted of trying. In the age of Trump there is a lot of rhetoric out there being Mexican-American, because I was born to Mexican parents that makes me feel like America, although my home, does not want to claim me. but was born in the United States. I am in both worlds, in my – Anonymous opinion. I talk in English to all of my friends, but at home I speak in Spanish. I am proud to be both Mexican and American. – Yajaira Ayala

20 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 21 PLACE/BELONGING SAN JUAN By Isabel Graham-Torrez, Junior, International Studies

I find my identity hard to define. My mom is Black America, my father is Guatemalan-American (but also dark-skinned) and I was raised in a Korean church by Asian people from all over. I have honestly never felt welcome in Latinx or Black spaces. In univer- sity I tried to involve myself with the Asian American As the country I have called home for my entire life feels community and that didn’t quite work out either. In less warm, and open, and caring, I think back to this little short, you can say I’ve found a home in dissonance neighborhood where they made me feel at home in a few days. As borders harden, and people are told they and always being different. If I hadn’t, I guess I would are not welcome here in America I hold that neighbor- just live in a constant state of discomfort. This has hood in my heart. I hold that love and that openness and significantly helped in my travels abroad because that respect. That is why this picture is beautiful to me. feeling different is just a part of who I am at this point.

It is love, respect, openness. However, growing up in poor home where I was often the one supporting my parents, I did not ever see myself It is friendship and safety. being able to leave state of Ohio. My dreams were vast and my heart was wide, but my access seemed I will hold this place in my heart and I will take it with limited. Fast-forward to today and I currently reside me and share it. I will be a neighborhood of one.

I will respect, I will love, I will listen.

I will be open, I will be a friend, I will be a safe place. I will be beautiful. Belonging -Photo Accompanied: San Juan- By Christina Flores, Ohio State Alumna (Korean, 2015)

22 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 23 in Seoul, South Korea as an elementary school English teacher. The organization I went through is called English Program in Korea (EPIK) and as an EPIK Native English Teacher (NET), I get a settlement allowance, my flights to and from Korea paid for, half of my health insurance paid, a pension that I can access at the end of my contract, a severance bonus, and free rent. Aside from the benefits, I feel Photo Credit: Amanda Torres like I am doing something good and I get a sense of satisfaction in return. On top of that, because of this job, I am Fútbol AND A PERFECT PLACE able to travel leisurely for the first time in my life. My parents were never able to take By Amanda Torres, Beechcraft High School our family on vacation due to our financial circumstances, but now I can treat my I grew up in a small town called El Asoleadero in Michoacan, Mexico. mother and myself. In January 2017, I was able to fly my mom out to Seoul for two Everyone knew each other, and we were all very close. weeks. It was an honor to be able to do that Every Sunday, the community would get together to for us. Most recently, I took myself on my watch futbol and cheer on our favorite teams. first solo trip to Malaysia and Singapore. I was able to do things that I never imagined, Futbol is primarily dominated by men, but girls in my town played such as zip lining through the Malaysian despite the stigma. When I was younger, watching futbol was rainforest canopy, snorkeling with tiny like love at first sight. The passion, the desire, and the love that sharks, and watching brown eagles feed. I have for futbol is one of the best feelings in the world.

I write all of this to say: I never thought We recently move to Columbus and the idea of starting over seemed any of this would be possible for a poor, very overwhelming. When the school year began, I felt an immense mixed-up woman like me. Yet here I am, amount of fear, more than I expected. The only thing I really looked doing it and not planning on stopping forward to was playing futbol at my high school. However, after any time soon. But when I do, I hope to speaking with a couple of teachers, I was met with disappointment work in international education so I can because we did not have a girls’ soccer team at my school. At that help set up more opportunities like this point, I felt even more scared, and hopeless because that was the for all the brown folks out there who only thing that I thought would help me fit in and interact with others. never thought they’d be able to leave their backyards. Sometimes, home isn’t The school’s policeman told me to talk to the boys’ team coach. He and where you think it is. Sí, se puede. the athletic director encouraged me to join the team. I was doubtful at first. Then my parents said to me, “You like the sport, you have the skill, there’s no harm in trying. Who knows, maybe you’ll make some new Photo Credit: Christina Flores friends.” I was very anxious about joining the boys’ soccer team but with some encouragement (and courage on my part) I joined the team.

I thought that the boys would completely exclude me because I was the only girl on the team, but they didn’t. The first time I met all of them was in a team meeting that was held in Coach Hone’s classroom. I walked in, and I felt like my heart stopped for a moment as they all looked at me. There was not a single familiar face. More members walked in and stared at me. I was shaking, then suddenly one person stood out. We both made eye contact, we pointed at each other, and said “Oh. You. I know you.” I only knew him by his face, I did not know his name, or anything in particular. But the fact that I recognized someone from the team, made me feel more confident. He and I had gym class together and before I joined the team, we played futbol there. His name is Abdalla, he is now one of my closest friends.

On the team, we were all very different from each other, but we came together, and we became a family. I will never forget them, or the things that we accomplished together, they will forever be in my heart.

22 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 23 Melisa Diaz, doctoral student in Earth Sciences, conducted research at the largest station in Antarctica—McMurdo Station on Ross Island. Here, she worked at Crary Laboratory where she analyzed stream, lake, and glacier water for levels of total organic carbon and nitrogen. The background image is a frozen ice spray that is on the front of the Suess Glacier called the Defile. The second photo is from a hike to Castle Rock which is near Mount Erebus, the southern most active volcano on earth. Melissa described it like this, “It was a cold and windy hike, but we definitely felt like True Antarctic explorers!”

24 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 25 Photos provided by: Melisa Diaz 24 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 25 PLACE/BELONGING Educational trip to Cuba By Chris Torres

Having grown up in the coffee with our meals (along believe a single- Caribbean, I knew that this with the occasional guanabana sided account of university sponsored travel or piña ice cream). The food complicated history. abroad trip would challenge was traditional and always some of my personal issues freshly made by hand from I learned much concerning control, and that scratch, something that I have about Cuba as a things would not always go missed from my childhood. country, its wonder- as planned. For instance, our fully friendly people, group did not stay in a hotel, While in Cuba, I also had the and also quite a bit but rather in individual casas* opportunity to visit museums about myself. I would along several square blocks. I and landmarks like Che certainly go again if wondered how comfortable Guevara’s memorial. These I had the chance. I would be living in someone’s visits made me reflect on private residence for two certain preconceptions that I *Casas can be thought of had against Cuban historical as the Cuban version of weeks. Suffice to say that the a Bed & Breakfast. They experience was wonderful figures; preconceptions that are privately owned and I consider my hosts as were cultivated throughout a homes and rooms that family now. The breakfast in lifetime of American doctrine. are rented out to visitors. the morning was amazing, This trip has inspired me and the dinners were always to learn more about histor- delicious. We were always ical, social, and political offered fruits, juices, and events rather than passively Photo Credit: Chris Torres

Self-Identification Essay By Jessica Camacho, Undergraduate, Ohio State

Self-identification is something I have struggled with my Today, I was again reminded of what it means to self-identify. entire life as an immigrant in America. Mexicans believe I On my college application it asks for my parents’ level of am not Mexican enough because I have lost my accent or formal education and income. The answer section had because I became Americanized. Americans believe that options that included: lawyer, doctor, nurse, and teacher. At I cannot consider myself a true American simply because the bottom there was an option for “unskilled.” I would argue I wasn’t born here. I am constantly reminded of this. A that my mother is everything but unskilled. She is so skilled few months ago, as I was sitting in psychology class, my as a matter of fact that she raised five children while working professor asked those of us who spoke more than one a minimum wage job, in far from ideal working conditions, language to explain what language we identified ourselves and not once did her children go to bed hungry at night. As with. I responded “both.” Some psychologists would say that I continued the application, there was a section that asked it is Spanish because I developed speech in that language. for citizenship status. The options were “U.S Citizen” and And while, I do express many emotions (such as love and “Other”. My thoughts were: How about an option that says affection) better in Spanish, English means a lot more to me. “It’s Complicated”? I learned how to love in English, I learned to public speak in English without being afraid. I learned how to translate for I want an application that measures my community my mother at the store, the hospital, and her job. I learned involvement, my passion for learning, and my desire to make to stand up for her in English, and I learned to stand up for a difference in the world with my career. But instead, they myself in English. However, this professor’s response was, ask about my immigration status and how much money my “But you weren’t born here. That is not your native language.” “unskilled” mother makes.

26 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 27 Congratulations!

We at ¿Qué Pasa? would like to recognize Dr. Theresa Delgadillo’s promotion to the rank of professor. This remarkable accomplishment was commemorated on February 8, 2017 with her inaugural lecture “Afro- Latinidad in Fiction and Film” in which she discussed her current research on Afro-Latinidad in Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Chicana/o texts – film and literature. Dr. Delgadillo’s scholarship has focused on the intersections of religion, gender, race, and nation. In addition to her stellar research, she has been an outstanding educator and served as a mentor to many Latina/os on campus and beyond. Congratulations Dr. Delgadillo! Photo Credit: Luis Fernando Macías

Dr. Jamie Cano Named Citizen of the Year from Choluteca, Honduras

Dr. Jamie Cano, associate professor in the Department of During this trip, Dr. Cano and Mr. Agner were also commend- Agricultural Communication, Education and Leadership, and ed by the Manuel Bonilla Agricultural School in Apasilagua, doctoral candidate Tyler Agner were awarded Citizens of the Honduras for their work. Other efforts that they support in- Year from Choluteca, Honduras for their study abroad and clude development of a new nursing program in Honduras. education development efforts relating to food and health. The mayor of the city presented the award.

26 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 27 On a Mission of Latinx Student Success

By Chris Torres, Assistant Professor, SUNY Potsdam

L-to-R: Liane Davila, Tyiesha Radford, and Lauren Lopez

Ohio State alum and now new staff graduation, Lauren was selected to As coordinator of ODI Latino Student member, Lauren Lopez, has taken a join the Teach for America teaching Success, Lauren will work in close new position leading Latinx Student corp, earning teaching awards as a partnership with LSS program associate Success (LSS) efforts in the Office of licensed middle school math teacher. Liane Dávila. Liane, a graduate student Diversity and Inclusion. Charged with More recently, she served as assistant in public health, is also the president of supporting retention and successful director of Tutoring and Advising the Puerto Rican Student Association progress of Latinx students at Ohio Services for international students, and member of the University-wide State, Lauren brings a professional assisting students with the academic Council of Latino Organizations (UCLO). background in education, her own and social transition into U.S. schools. Her active student involvement and her experiences as a Latinx student at experience as a transfer student to the Ohio State, and a passion for student Lauren is eager to put to work the Columbus campus contribute critical learning and leadership development. insights gained from her personal and perspective of Latinx student life. professional experiences. Lauren first came to Ohio State from The LSS team seeks to cultivate Latinx Youngstown, Ohio, to pursue a degree “It is very important that Latinx students communities for academic, social and in sociology. She was a Morrill Scholar have someone that they feel supports professional development, coordinate and a highly engaged student leader, them and can help them assimilate suc- high impact programs that promote full serving as president of Alpha Psi cessfully, not only academically but inclusion of Latinx students, and work Lambda fraternity and on the executive socially as well,” she explained. “I want to to raise the visibility of Latinx groups boards of the University-wide Council assist Latinx students in building strong on campus in the broader Ohio State of Hispanic Organizations and the relationships with faculty, staff, organiza- community. The LSS office is located in Multicultural Greek Council. Upon tions and other students at Ohio State.” Hale Hall, Room 200.

Autumn 2016 Graduates Associate of Arts Degrees • Erica Botello, AA, Sociology • Madison Gomez, AA, Marketing • Nancy Ruiz-Chagolla, • Michael Vieta, AA, Consumer AA, Social Work and Family Financial Services • Gabrielle Bower, • Olmares Pena, AA, Nursing AA, Psychology • Abbigayle Soliday, • Nadia Volpini, AA, Marketing • Alan Perez-Pereo, AA, Biology AA, Psychology • Paige Gillam, AA, Social Work • Jazleine Rivas, AA, Chemistry

Bachelor’s Degrees • Taha Alghothani, BS, • Steven Apicella, BS, Electrical • Sebastian Cardenas, • Hannah Chelimsky, BA, Construction Systems and Computer Engineering BS, Biology International Studies Management • David Argaman, BA, • Maria Chabali, BA, • Veronica Cisneros, BS, Early • Nicole Almenar, BA, Economics Political Science Childhood Education Political Science • Daniel Bonacci, BS, • Brittany Chavana, BS, Fashion • Jose Cobo, BA, Political • Chloe Aparcedo, BA, Construction Systems and Retail Studies Science Communication Management

28 quepasa.osu.edu Spring ’17 29 • Adam Collins, BS, Electrical • Jessica Jackson, BS, • Karla Neninger, BA, • Vanessa Serrano, BS, and Computer Engineering Electrical and Computer Political Science Industrial and Systems Engineering Engineering • Austin Cuervo, BS, • Tomas Ortiz, BA, Economics-Business • Steven Janes, BS, Electrical Communication • Joshua Stemen, BA, and Computer Engineering Air Transportation • Alison Cummins, BA, Music • Nadav Pecha, BA, Public • Christopher Johnson, BA, Affairs • Michael Stillwagon, BA, • Samuel Davis, BA, Psychology Communication Philosophy • Zachary Perez, BA, • Taylor DeJesus, BS, Computer • Cristina Lopez, BS, Logistics Communication • Jordan Tank, BA, Science and Engineering Management Communication • Alexander Perez, BS, • Leticia DeLeon, BA, Speech • Kevin Lopez-Garrity, BS, Sport Industry • Tanner Thompson, and Hearing Science Electrical and Computer BA, Economics • Roberto Pomales Albino, BA, • Katherine Esteve, BA, Engineering English • Julia Toro, BS, Marketing Communication • Azafirah Maldonado, BA, • Erin Ramirez, BS, Psychology • Amanda Tovar, BA, • Jake Estornell, BA, Psychology Psychology Political Science • Christopher Rock, BS, • Anthony Marino, BS, Economics—Business • Samantha Vasquez, • Joao Pedro Fachinetto Information Systems BA, English Ehlers, BS, Sport Industry • Sarah Rodriguez, BA, • Reece Martinez, BS, Psychology • Annica Veljanovski, • Maria Fernandez, BA, Mechanical Engineering BS, Psychology Journalism • Erika Rodriguez, BS, • Angela Medina, BA, Biology Public Health • Katherine Verde, BA, • Ariel Flasterstein, BS, Finance • Pedro Mejia, BA, Political Criminology and Criminal • Ellie Rogers, BA, Theatre • Johnathan Freedman, Science Justice BS, Biology • Oscar Rubio, BS, Computer • Lia Mejia, BS, Neuroscience • Daniela Villa-Cruz, BS, Early Science and Engineering • Alexandra Fuxa, BA, Childhood Education • Trevor Mendes, BA, International Studies • Abdulmuti Saleh, BS, Biology Economics • Carlos Waibl, BS, Computer • Matthew Gandor, BS, Food • Adrienne Santos, BA, Science and Engineering • Carlos Mendez, BS, Business Management Communication Biomedical Engineering • Rebecca Watkins, BS, • Alden Gardiner, BA, Sociology • Juan Schwartzman, BA, Hospitality Management • Marisa Murphy, BS, Psychology • Victoria Guillen, BS, Zoology Environment, Economy, • Savannah Weatherington, Development, and • Aaron Schwarz, BS, Fashion BA, Psychology • Marena Hernandez, BS, Early Sustainability and Retail Studies Childhood Education • Connor Wiegand, BS, • Tiko Nelson, BA, • Kristyn Seda, BA, English Chemical Engineering Communication

Master’s Degrees • Diana Ampudia Sjogreen, • Renan Frota Carvalho, MS, • Paulo Montero Camacho, • Evelyn Rodriguez, MA, Master MS, Environment and Natural Electrical and Computer MS, Physics of Mathematical Sciences Resources Engineering • Amanda Montoya, MS, • Kimberly Tapia-Grullon, • Elias Assaf, MA, Political • Kevin Galiano, MS, Physics Psychology MBOE, Master of Business Science Operational Excellence • Jaqueline Huzar • Krystel Navarro-Acevedo, • Bryan Castro, MBOE, Master Novakowiski, MS, Plant MS, Plant Pathology • Thomas Todaro, MS, of Business Operational Pathology Horticulture and Crop Science • Julio Neira Gutierrez, MS, Excellence • Mary McKay, MA, City and Geodetic Science • Jeolmaly Velazquez-Sanchez, • Rodrigo Colin, MBA, Regional Planning MA, Applied Clinical and • Graciela Penso, MS, Welding Part-Time Master of Business Preclinical Research • Michelle Miranda, MS, Engineering Administration Kinesiology • Christina Zerda, MS, • Luis Reyes, MBOE, Master of • Elka Del Portal, MS, Food Earth Sciences Business Operational Excellence Science and Technology

Doctoral Degrees • Cindy Barrera Martinez, PHD, • Marina Duque, PHD, • Alaina Martinez, PHD, • Victoria Munoz, PHD, English Food, Agricultural & Biological Political Science Biomedical Sciences Graduate • Veronica Pecero, PHD, Engineering Program • Dixie Hu, PHD, Psychology Educational Studies • Jasmin Carmona, PHD, Human • Joseph McEwen, Development and Family Science PHD, Physics

Professional Degrees • Natalie Salazar, JD, Law

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Left: Walled City, Cartagena, Colombia. Right: Old Havana, Cuba. Photos courtesy of Laura León Jordan, MFA Graduate, Department of Design.