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[comolajennifer-blog]

My Story:

My name is Jennifer Marie Aranda. I am 22 years old, I am the daughter of two Mexican American parents, I am the youngest of my family, I am Chicana, I am brown and I am proud to be a Mexican American Chicana.

I am a current college student at Rio Hondo Community College. I am studying to get my degree in Kinesiology to become a volleyball coach/ PE Teacher and to minor in Photography & Chicano Studies. Chicano Studies brought so much interest to me because it is part of my culture and it was history my parents were living through at the time everything was happening. Even in today's society brand new history is being made and we are living in it. Being able to take that and put it into my studies makes really proud. Photography is another minor, the subject it's self is so memorizing. Photography allows me to capture stories with my lens. My pictures tell stories and one day it will allow me to share all my stories with everyone.

I love music, all types. I love trying/going to new places. The LA city is where you'll best find me. I love adventuring out and discovering new places to take pictures. Photography is my favorite thing to do. Playing with makeup is my new hobby. Volleyball is the sport I love most of and have so much passion for. Also, I'm a big Disney fanatic!

I come from a family of 4 my mother Maria Lourdes Aranda who cam from Mexicali Mexico, my father Jose Ricardo Aranda who came from San Antonio Texas, and my brother Julian Augustine born and raised in Whittier California. I am the youngest in my family that's including my dad's older kids Joe and Ruben Aranda that have two amazing children which are my nephews. Ritchie Zyler Aranda and Urijah Joseph Aranda (my godson) come from the oldest Joe. Ruben Aaron Aranda and Dominic Rene Aranda both come from the second eldest Ruben. Growing up I was loved to play sports and used to play rough because of my brothers. I love my little big family. We are blessed and hopeful.

My favorite reading we have done in CHST is "Mascaras". It's a reading that will have you comparing to the characters and one that is there to help you identify yourself as a person or find who you are. This reading truly made me feel like I was a character in the stories. If you are looking for inspiration, read Mascaras you won't regret it. This is me, this is my life and this is my story. Keep up with me and my adventures there are more stories to be told and more history to be made. This is just the beginning. What's your story? -xoxo

[isaiahpiche-blog]

Isaiah Daniel Piche

Personal agency is a vessel for self-identification. However, it is dictated by dominant society. Quite the conundrum. My convictions and praxis teeter-toter a reality that has been etching itself in stones for eons. I have met a number of social scientists who justify their reality with what is actually real. As a Sociology, my mission is NOT to massage your comfortability. Disabled. Person of color. Gay. Labels imposed on us though years of colonization. Yet, labels I live and die by. Self-identification involves macro and micro forces which I can not solely control. However, I am taking back and redefining an ideology deprived of reconstruction and revolution. My goal is to educate. Conditions- be it teacher, advocate, and/or mentor- are still undecided and undetermined. My goal is to exist. I am being provided with an opportunity to be heard. More often than not, disabled people are silenced. I am taking this opportunity not to only to be vocal, but to reclaim my humanity. As predicted by Professor Serafin, Margaret Montoya's article was the reading assignment I enjoyed most. As an attorney, Montoya enriches and enlightens the reader on how she, as a Latina, "navigated" her way through Harvard. Her insight provides instructions. Therefore, with respect to her title and the title of the article, the picture to accompany my introduction is a picture of rocking "trenzas" over the summer.

[feedberenice]

“Chicana feminism, also called Xicanisma, is a sociopolitical movement in the United States that analyzes the historical, cultural, spiritual, educational, and economic intersections of Mexican-American women that identify as Chicana.” Is the definition used when typed on google. Chicana feminists are women who fight for the equality, not just financial or economically but for their cultural and beliefs. Chicanas have been oppressed by the men who have all control, taking their free to live and think for themselves. These women are not only fighting for their equality or for their voice, but the voice that makes them human beings. These creatures are not just women but beings that have the same mental and emotional strength to see the true potential of themselves. They fight everyday to not let society or masculinity get in their way to be their true selves. We fight everyday to be better and fight through the border between the binaries of what it means to be a man or a woman.

[comolajennifer-blog]

Thoughts...

I’ve had this thought in my head for quite some time. I want to ask this question to all to hear your opinions... How do you feel about athletes kneeling down during the national anthem before games? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? How would you feel if your child came home from school and said during class someone was kneeling down during the pledge of allegiance, would you encourage them to do the same? Or how would you handle this?

[lachicanitablog-blog]

HELLO

My name is Ivy Guerra and this is my second year at Rio Hondo, I plan to major in Anthropology and minor in Chicano/Chicana Studies. At first i was only going to focus on Anthropology but by taking Women in American History it really called me to learn more about women and men from different cultures/ ethnicity. Also this is my first chicano/ chicana class and I couldn’t be happier. Some things about me: I come from a family of six and I love to dance, I’ve dance samba (not zumba) and hip-hop. I;m also a big Star Wars fan, and I like to listen to score music.

[darlenejesele-blog]

[darlenejesele-blog]

Darlene Palomares

this is my second time taking this course. I have a total of five family members in a hispanic family, me being the only girl besides my mom. So, we somewhat get along but the women of the family are expected to do everything. i like to go for drives and spend time with my family. my overall goal is to have my bachelors in psychology and my masters in child psychology and i want to be a child psychologist, then later teach it when about about 50+ years old. So far, one of my favorite readings is Montoya’s Mascaras because she talked about how she felt like she had to hide who she was because she was latina, having to feel to “mask her inner self”. then going to Harvard school of law wearing a mexican peasant blouse and having everyone look at her with a sour face but she didn't care because she was proud of who she was. 

[latinxunidos-blog]

Que Tal!

Hello, my name is Juan Aguilar Valencia and i’m 23, I came to this country when i was 10 years old, it took me some time to learn how to speak and and write in English but nothing is without struggle haha, I was born and raised in  Sahuayo, Michoacan but my parents registered me in the state of Tamaulipas which borders Texas. Throughout elementary and middle i was very shy but once i got to high school I changed a little. By 11th grade i started playing guitar and my Senior year it would lead me to joining a band with a couple of friends, although it didn’t last long i had fun. In 2014 i had joined another band called The Red Pears, i played bass with them until this year. Although i miss it, music has been a great part of my life since I made many great friends along the way. My Personal and most important goal in life is to Graduate from a University here in the United States since i’m a first generation immigrant from my family and would be among the first in obtaining a professional degree. My favorite subject is History, i love to read about the ancient civilizations and more modern history since its always repeating itself again and again. My favorite article so far has been “They Breed Like Rabbits: The Forced Sterilization of Mexican-Origin Women” by Elena Gutierrez because it reminds me that people with fear of others are capable of doing the most inhumane things against those they fear.