Mechista of the Week: Juan Díaz

Juan Díaz, Class of 2015 Residential College: Morse College Hometown: Atlantic City, NJ High School: Atlantic City High School Why did you join MEChA? I joined MEChA because I wanted to get involved with the Latino community, but also do it in a socially conscious way. I knew that MEChA did a lot of cool stuff around things like immigration, worker’s rights, and other community issues, and I wanted to be involved. It has…

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…