There’s an introspection that occurs when you write and discover things about your past that start to combine into a complex tapestry of trauma, pain, but also humor and light. This is not what I set out to do initially when I began the MFA in Bilingual Creative Writing at UTEP, but it’s something that has emerged through my first two years in the program. I have more insight into my thought process, and the memories that are welling up don’t plague me as much.
Chang Prize
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Greening the Golden State
In the first quarter of my project, “Understanding and Alleviating Environmental Inequality in Underprivileged Communities,” I was able to explore different facets of the fight for environmental justice while contributing to the efforts in my local community.
A Toolkit for Telling an Alternate Institutional History
This third quarter of my Chang Prize project has been both preparatory and reflective.
Tackling California’s Housing Crisis: The Initial Blitz
It’s been two months since I started my project “Exploring Ways to Tackle California’s Housing Crisis,” which is made possible through the Milton and Rosalind Chang Career Exploration Prize from Caltech.
Neighborhoods for Neurons: A community approach for early childhood development in San Francisco
Hello all, this is my first update regarding the progress of my ongoing work related to expanding the early childhood development services in San Francisco.