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Rosina grew up in San Salvador, El Salvador and received a Fulbright Scholarship which led her to study Journalism at the University of Kansas. Today, she teaches several Spanish classes including the new Spanish for Heritage Speakers class. She has…

Luis came to Kansas from Santiago de Veraguas, Panama. Due to limited opportunities in Panama, he arrived in Kansas to pursue a Masters degree at Emporia State University. However, things were not always so positive: when he first arrived at the…

Lourdes is a filmmaker based in New York. She is bilingual due to her mother’s efforts to teach Lourdes as well as her younger brother and sister Spanish. She reflects on being Latina in Kansas and how several individuals have had difficulties…

Gina is an indigenous woman from a rural town in Guerrero, Mexico. She speaks of her childhood which was when she realized that her family’s resources were very limited. Gina arrived in Lawrence, Kansas with hopes of continuing her education but…

Originally from Colombia, Diana has lived in Lawrence, KS for a number of years. In this interview, she speaks about her experience before moving to Kansas, when she first lived in the welcoming city of Lansing, Michigan. She found Lansing to be…

Living in Lawrence, KS at the time of this interview, Caio is a student from Salvador, Brazil. He first arrived in the United States to teach Portuguese in Florida where he remembers being able to connect to a diverse group of individuals because he…

Originally from Ecuador, Ana is a student at the University of Kansas. In Ecuador, she graduated from high school and attended the International University of Ecuador to study medicine. Later, Ana found herself wanting to seek a better education and…

Agustina is a student at the University of Kansas. She is from Paraguay but has also lived in Nicaragua and Uruguay. Agustina arrived in Kansas to further her education at the University of Kansas. She talks about the importance of education, what it…