My short-term goals are to get more involved with student activist and affinity groups on campus such as the re-emerging Swatties for Immigrant Rights activist group. This upcoming summer, I plan to volunteer as an English camp counselor at Project Esperanza: a non profit organization based in the Dominican Republic. I will be translating health videos in Haitian-Creole and helping to equip Haitian youth with critical English speaking skills as they navigate being the largest and most discriminated against minority population in this country.
Photo Credit: Scott Outdoor Amphitheater https://www.scottarboretum.org/gardens-tour/scott-outdoor-amphitheater/
My long-term goal is to ​have a successful undergraduate experience in terms of academics and relevant extracurriculars to prepare for a future in human rights advocacy. I hope to continue the anti-racist work I have begun in my IEF fellowship and find various internships and opportunities for training in similar fields.
Photo Credit: Project Esperanza https://esperanzameanshope.org/
Photo Credit: "Outcomes from the Human Rights Council" https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/news/4358-outcomes-from-the-un-human-rights-council-to-be-continued
My lifelong goals center upon human rights. I hope to become an international human rights lawyer in order to advocate for marginalized identities globally. Following that, I plan to aid in the development of a new generation of change-makers as a sociology professor.