Contributors
Alejandro Agustín Iribarren nació en Long Beach, California. Su papá es Venezolano y su mamá nació en Hawaii. El creció en Panamá y en Chile, experiencia que fue muy impactante para él. La relación ambivalente entre los Estados Unidos, Panamá, y Chile coloreó sus experiencias en estos países. Está haciendo su carrera en el Inglés y una sub-carrera en el Español. En su tiempo libre le gusta surfear, leer, jugar fútbol y escuchar música.
Briana Sotelo was born in San Diego, Ca. She is a senior double majoring in International Studies and Latin American Studies. She is interested in multi-national economic and political relations, she recently did research regarding NAFTA and its effects on Mexico. She is also interested in women's empowerment and would like to ultimately create a social platform in which young women are able to be inspired by successful powerful women all over the world.
Charlee Garcia es estudiante de tercer año con especialización en Español. Ella forma parte del equipo femenino de fútbol de USF. Ella siempre se ha interesado en los deportes y como pueden ser una forma de aprender acerca de una cultura y su capacidad de unir a tanta gente.
Deena Tailo is a graduating senior, double majoring in Spanish and Latin American Studies with a Psychology minor. She chose to interview the creators of Diosa Vida in order to further explore her passions for women’s issues, the functionings of patriarchy and the creative arts.
Jack Allin is a Senior in the Latin American Studies Program. His time spent growing up in both California and Peru inclined him to join Divisadero and contribute to this semester's theme of U.S. / Latin American relations.
Mariana Camacho is a senior Media Studies Major with minors in Latin American Studies and Film Studies. She is interested in traveling the world and learning about different cultures. She is fascinated with the diverse ways people across the globe express their emotions through art and culture. Currently, she is working on covering different ways in which art is used as a tool for social change in the Mission District in San Francisco.
Margarita Muñoz was born in Saginaw, Michigan. She is a Junior majoring in Latin American Studies with Chican@ studies as her minor. She loves Latin@ culture and arts and is excited to share her culture with all of you.
Miriam Uribe was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. She migrated to Southern California when she was seven years old. She is a sophomore double majoring in Politics and Latin American Studies. Growing up she remained very connected with her Mexican roots and embraced living in the borderlands.
Nick Castro is a photographer and activist for immigrants rights. He has been the Visitation Coordinator for Detention Dialogues, a visitation program run by CIVIC at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California, since 2011. His family is from Mexico, and he is of the first generation to be born in the United States. Currently, he majors in Latin American Studies at the University of San Francisco.
Roberto Egan viene de los alrededores de Chicago, estudia una doble licenciatura en las ciencias políticas y el castellano con un enfoque en estudios legales y estudios latinoamericanos. Se mudó a San Francisco en el 2011 para asistir a USF. Políticamente se considera un socialista feminista y es miembro del partido Paz y Libertad. Le encanta pasar tiempo al aire libre y montar en bicicleta por las varias zonas de la ciudad. Se gradúa este Mayo e intenta quedarse en San Francisco involucrándose en la próxima elección presidencial. Tiene muchas ganas de mudarse al mundo hispanohablante para enseñar el inglés.
Valeria Vera is originally from the Tijuana-San Diego contact zone where she grew up among tacos, Spanglish, and hour-long border-crossing commutes. She is a senior International Studies major and Latin American Studies minor. She is a passionate advocate of feminist theory, immigration rights, social justice, and others. Her goal is to fund her own global cuisine social restaurant chains to sustainably employ undocumented migrant women. Besides advocating and getting her hands dirty doing research, watching sunsets, eating cheese, getting lost in museums, taking afternoon naps, and dipping her feet in the ocean make her extremely happy.
Vanessa Barba, before moving to San Francisco to study Politics and Chican@-Latin@ Studies, she spent most of her life in Los Angeles and Mexico. After graduation this Spring, Vanessa will continue to work at Mujeres Unidas y Activas, a Bay Area grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women, and look into PhD programs related to her interests in transnational identities, community organizing, Latinx immigrants, and Xicana feminism.