Mechista of the Week: Cathy Calderón

Cathy Calderón, Class of 2017 Residential College: Davenport Hometown: San Fernando, California High School: Granada Hills Charter High School Why did you join MEChA? My curiosity and admiration for MEChA has grown over the last decade due to my involvement with an Aztec dance group called Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc, which has worked on various community events with MEChA. I had never joined MEChA because there was never an established organization at any of my…

Mechista of the Week: Cristal Suarez

Cristal Suarez, Class of 2016 Residential College: Trumbull Hometown: Visalia, California High School: San Joaquin Memorial High School Why did you join MEChA? I wanted to educate myself about issues important to the Latino community, and to discover the role I could play to encourage society to be more equal and fair. I also found that the MEChA community itself was very welcoming and I was encouraged to join by students I met at…

Mechista of the Week: Chris Teran

Chris Teran, Class of 2016 Residential College: Morse Hometown: Patterson, California High School: Patterson High School Why did you join MEChA?  One of the main reasons that I joined MEChA was to try to get more involved and educated about political issues facing Latinos and just the U.S. in general. So through the discussions at MEChA, I’m definitely able to get a better perspective about the issues and learn more about them.…