Salvador Delgado Fernandez, Class of 2013 Residential College: Trumbull Hometown: Blue Island, IL (near Chicago) High School: Eisenhower High School Why did you join MEChA? I originally joined MEChA because my sister, who is in charge of Georgetown’s MEChA chapter, kept telling me to do it. I had previously helped out at the occasional MEChA event, but wasn’t an official member. Then I joined this year, my senior year, and realized that I missed…
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…
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.…
This is a new segment in which MEChA de Yale will recognize one outstanding Mechista every week! Emma Fallone, Class of 2016 Residential College: Ezra Stiles Hometown: Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin (a suburb of Milwaukee) High School: Whitefish Bay High School Why did you join MEChA? I am Latina, and grew up in a very ethnically homogeneous area (95% Caucasian, maybe 2% Latino). So, throughout high school, I never really had much of a…
Twelve MEChistas attended the East Coast Chicano/a Student Forum at Harvard from Feb. 15 – 17. The theme of the conference was Latinos in the Media. Highlights include hearing “Noticiero” co-anchor María Elena Salinas give a speech on issues currently affecting Latinos, watching Mariachi Véritas de Harvard perform and eating burritos at Felipe’s Taqueria.
Mechistas gathered for the first meeting of the Spring 2013 semester to discuss, led by freshperson Cyndi Campos and moderator Katie Aragon on Jan. 28.
