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Shaunna Jeffries is a fourth grade teaching assistant in the dual language program at Carrboro Elementary School in Carrboro, N.C. She assists two teachers at Carrboro Elementary with both of their classes, taught in both Spanish and English. Because of her own experience in a dual language elementary school program, Jeffries decided to work in a…

Antonio De Jesús Alanis migrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six. Upon moving to Durham, N.C., he felt a need to explain his identity in a place where he is viewed as a minority. As a Mexican-American, Alanis has experienced a variety of identity labels, some, he created; others may have been imposed upon him. The terms…

Christina Olson is currently a first-year student at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She is originally from Greensboro, N.C. and studied at the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her undergraduate education. She has volunteered at the Student Health Action Coalition (SHAC) for four years, providing access to…

Florence Siman is the Director of Health Programs at El Pueblo, a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the Latino community in Raleigh, N.C. She is originally from El Salvador, but has lived in Chapel Hill, N.C. for thirty-three years. She has worked at El Pueblo for nine years, where she works with lay health advisors, or promotoras,…

Gustavo is a nineteen year old undocumented youth who recently graduated from high school. He was born in Mexico but moved with his family to North Carolina when he was two years old. Gustavo had dreams of going to a nearby community college when he graduated to take computer business classes and play soccer, but he was unable to do so because of…