Melanie Pillaca Gutierrez Essay

Born as Ray Mendoza on July 2, 1951, was born of Puerto Rican and Venezuelan descent. She was given the name Sylvia Rivera by a local community of drag queens and spent her career fighting for solidarity between transgender people, queer people of color, homeless people, and sex workers. Sylvia Rivera was one of the “street queens” living in New York, and is known as one of the most famous street youth who fought back during the police raid at Stonewall. Modern day, Rivera has come to personify the aspirations and flaws of the modern gay liberation movement.

As for Raya, she utilizes herself throughout the piece to display the various areas her mind and body had to endure for the overall achievement. Prior to the author’s dilemma, she understood the paleness of her skin and lack of Spanish speaking skills limited her in the eyes of the world, equally enough to if she were to obtain those very skills. She “apparently… [does not] even look Latina…”, but a further reveal of the speaker allows for an intimate depiction of character growth such as confidence. This can ignite motivation and ambition in hopes to achieve similarity despite barriers of location and notions. Progression will exists in human development; however, it is known that where minds actively work, thought process and ethics differ through time. Within the nineteenth and twentieth century, racism heavily settled in the nation, dividing and molding the ideal pictures of life. Racism, later engulfing cultures, carry notions through time and as Raya “discovers” she was Latina in New York, this may signify the miniscule thinking inside America, limiting the status and strength of cultures viewed as minorities. This, again, is commonly experienced by millions nationwide, yet Raya demonstrates factors implanted within society to be difficult, yet passable

Jenni Rivera is not only a Mexican-American singer, but she is a woman who has been through so much that can be considered an example for many people. In a press conference, Jenni said, “I am a woman like any other, and ugly things happen to me like any other woman. The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up”. This quote is saying that it doesn't matter what your situation is... there is always a way to get past it. Anybody can be as strong as Jenni is, and anyone can get through any obstacle in their life. Jenni Rivera is a game changer because she has been through so much and has gotten past it; she is a woman with so many values and so much love.

Writing in the 20th century was great deal harder for a Chicano then it was for a typical American at this time. Although that did not stop this author, Sandra Cisneros. One of her famous novels, Woman Hollering Creek was a prime example of how a combined culture: Mexican-Americans, could show their pride and identity in this century. In conjunction, gave the opportunity for women to speak their voice and forever change the culture of Latino/a markets. Not only did it express identity/gender roles of women and relationships, but using these relationships to combine the cultures of Mexican and American into a hybrid breed. This novel, should have been a view-point for the future to show that there is more to life than just gender and race.

The 1984 Argentine melodrama film, Camila, directed and co-written by María Luisa Bemberg is based on the true story of Camila O’Gorman. The film is centred on the life of its main protagonist, Camila, who is from a wealthy and well respected family which supports the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas. In particular, the film captures Camila’s affair with Father Ladislao Gutiérrez and what is distinctively interesting is that regardless of his oath to the cloth, Father Ladislao is unable to resist Camila’s advances. As such, both are forced to elope and live under false pretences. Yet, this ‘sacrilegious’ union is not without consequences as both Camila and Ladislao are sentenced, imprisoned and executed on Rosas’ order. In this regard,

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Carambola is an artwork made by Beatriz Milhazes in 2008. I chose this artwork because the colors and design got my attention. Beatriz started this piece of artwork with a square and she added more to it until it was collage filled up with geometric shapes and swirly designs. I think that’s what everyone does because when I’m bored I’ll get a piece of paper and start off with one shape or design and continue to do it until the page is full. It is basically designs of Brazilian culture with different shapes. It is based on, church facades, ruffled blouses of Brazilian Mardi Gras costumes, the design of the serpentine walkway that stretches, the exotic plants that’s beside her studio in Rio. I think this art work is non-representational because

January 3rd, 1998 in the town of Smithtown in Long Island, New York, a baby girl named Madelyn Delgado was born. This girl was me. I was born with a lot of dark hair, brown skin and light brown eyes that changed colors depending on what I was wearing. I was born to Mayra Duran and Delfin Delgado. When I was born, I was the only child, but when I turned 7 years old, I was given a little brother. His name is Delvyn Delgado. Both my parents are from Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. In fact, this is where all of my family is from. Being born in America and having Dominican parents, my brother and I get the best of both worlds like the fact that we are fluent in English and Spanish. Before my brother was born, I moved multiple times before ending up in Springfield. I lived in New York then moved to Worcester. We lived there for a couple of years then moved off to Forest Park and from there; somehow, we ended up in Springfield. I didn’t mind moving, mostly because I was so young and didn’t really care, but I still like the idea of starting fresh.

Gaming as an industry has been evolving over the past few years to be more inclusive. Prior to this shift, the industry has been riddled with discrimination against many different individuals based on sex, gender, and race. While this still occurs today we have many companies and leaders making a push to diversify and include all the members of the gaming community. Gabrielle Toledano is the chief talent officer at EA, also know at Electronic Arts, and she is one of the many leaders pushing for diversity and inclusion in our virtual spaces.

Finding someone to look up to is hard. They do something to make you mad or they just seem to fade away as someone else comes along. I have seemed to find mine only five months ago. Her name is Melanie Martinez, artist, singer and songwriter. The reason why I have picked her, is because she unorthodox, insane and outgoing. After reading you will see my reasons more than sane.

On November 1, 2016, I interviewed my good friend Miguel Rodriguez after eating copious amounts of “al pastor” at our favorite Taco truck. I interviewed Miguel because he is a strong individual with solid morals and a community organizer in his hometown of Ventura California. Miguel is 32 years old and is considered a non-traditional student at UCLA, we both graduated in June 2016. I am also considered a non-traditional student except I am right at the minimum of the category. Miguel’s years of hard work as a community organizer make him the ideal candidate for an interview because he delivers a unique perspective on education. Furthermore, his narrative encompasses all six forms of capital outlined in “Whose Culture has Capital” (Yosso 2005). Since Miguel and I are both non-traditional students we both do not fall into the categories established in the Latino educational pipeline (Perez-Huber, et. al. 2015). Sure, we may not have finished college in four years following high school, but we did get those degrees eventually. Furthermore, there is implicit racism in studies like the one conducted by UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC). It implies that Latinos need to be more like Whites and it makes Latinos like Miguel and I, that do not complete college in the “standard” four years, to feel ashamed of ourselves. However, I agree with most of the recommendations from that article, it is the statistics that I take offense with which hinders credibility.

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Marina Lambrini Diamandis (Greek: Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμαντή; born 10 October 1985),[1][2] known professionally as Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer-songwriter.

Performance art is integral to the story of art because it drastically changed the overall shape and evolution direction of art over the past one hundred years. One of the major artists in this genre of art is Marina Abramovíc, the “grandmother” of performance art as considered by herself due to her contribution and dedication to the aforementioned form of art since the 60s until today. Having been active for over three decades, her works have a great impact on people nowadays and usually described as remarkable and intensive.

Latin American celebrities such as Eva Longoria have become activists for human rights such as immigration reform and labour laws. Apart from speaking out against Donald Trump’s policies, one of her foundations, the Eva Longoria Foundation, aims to empower Latinas through education programs such as entrepreneurship and STEM extracurriculars. She also co-produced a documentary called The Harvest that depicts the life of migrant child farmworkers. And fortunately, this “rite of passage” to stardom is seemingly no longer absolutely necessary. The younger generation of Latina celebrities such as Gina Rodriguez and Diane Guerrero, to my knowledge, did not go through this “transformative arch”. Instead, they are simultaneously standing on the shoulders of giants and breaking records and stereotypes on their own. Not only is the hit TV show Jane the Virgin in which stars Gina Rodriguez defying multiple stereotypes and bringing attention to social issues. But, in real life, she also recently founded the “We Will” foundation in which will fund arts educations scholarships for young women in need. Diane Guerrero, who plays Maritza on Orange is the New Black, went through the traumatizing experience of having her parents detained and deported when she was fourteen. She wrote about this terrifying but not uncommon experience in her memoir named “In The Country We Love: My Family Divided”. In interviews, she has been very outspoken against anti immigration