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Hialeah Campus
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| Yanely Arrieta Faculty Mentor: Yane Nemeroff |
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| Yanely Arrieta was born and raised in Miami Dade county and spent most of her life in the city of Hialeah. Her greatest accomplishments will forever be her four children. Being a mom brings Yanely the most joy. In 2020, she became a grandmother, lost her own mother, quit her job, and decided to go back to school. Yanely now runs a small business from home selling crystals and zodiac related items. Although change is always difficult, she is on a journey to fulfill all her dreams and live life to its fullest. Yanely still calls Hialeah home and has no intention of leaving anytime soon. | |
Homestead
| For the Love of Friendship: An Oral History of the Personal Qualities that Characterize United States Veterans | |
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| Noah Garcia Faculty Mentor: Sarah Jacob |
Christian Gonzalez Faculty Mentor: Jairo Ledesma |
| Noah Garcia is a second-year student currently studying English and Literature at Miami Dade College, Homestead campus. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, by a Cuban immigrant, single mother, Noah became passionate in social activism at a young age. This early passion found itself being explored through reading books, writing poetry, and painting ideas. Noah was involved in the creative writing program, was the leader of several clubs, and graduated high school with high honors. In that time period, Noah participated in several writing competitions and once won runner-up for the local Scholastic Writing Awards. Today, they work as an America Reads tutor at the nonprofit, Touching Miami with Love, with the goal to assist the children of their community. Noah is working towards graduating from MDC with their associate’s degree, to then eventually transfer to the University of Central Florida or Florida State University. They aspire to become a published author, as well as use different artistic mediums to bring awareness to social issues impacting the world. Noah’s ultimate goal is to foster change in marginalized communities and to help those in need. In their spare time, they are an inquisitive person who loves reading, painting, writing, meditating, and taking walks through the Everglades. | Christian Gonzalez is a history major and student in the Miami-Dade Homestead campus. He worked with Professor Jairo Ledesma to conduct an oral history project. His research led him to create a collection of memoirs from veterans who served in both combat and non-combat capacities and to learn about their perspectives and the differentiating roles they played in varying areas of operations. This project is Christian's first time conducting this type of research and it is perfect for his career path as he is hoping to specialize in public or oral history. |
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An Historical Analysis of The Growing Population of Central American Migrants in the U.S. |
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| Stephanie Rubio Faculty Mentor: Melissa Lammey |
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Stephanie Rubio is pursuing an associate’s degree in history at the Homestead campus. Stephanie is transferring to FIU after the spring semester for a bachelor’s in history and to establish a career as a high school history teacher. Stephanie’s focus is Latin American history and Politics. During her free time, she enjoys visiting historical sites and museums. As well as reading historical nonfiction and poetry books. Stephanie is inspired by education because it shapes our views and the way we engage with life. |
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Kendall Campus
| Isaac Pizarro is a student studying History at Miami Dade College Kendall campus. Born in Miami but raised in Oklahoma, the interest of History and its application to modern times grew from a young age. Since his time spent in both Florida and Oklahoma, Isaac has developed different perspectives about the structures of American society within different demographics and how those societal constructs have come about from events in the past. Being born of two Mexican immigrant parents, the stories of Cesar Chavez, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez, and the Chicano Movement in the United States remained in Isaac’s mind as bittersweet reminders of the struggles of Mexican-Americans as they fought for civil rights. He aspires to work as a professor in History with an academic lean into Latin American history and hopes to spread awareness about the past and current struggles of marginalized communities in the United States. |
Jessica Soto is a student in the Honors College at Miami Dade’s Kendall Campus. She is majoring in Computer Arts Animation hoping to pursue a career in visual effects and continue her education at the University of Central Florida after she completes her AA. Soto’s passion for animation grew with watching Pixar and Disney movies when she was little. She grew up in Wellington, Florida and graduated from Wellington High School before moving to Miami. Jessica enjoys her job as an illustrator for Miami Dade’s Student Newspaper, The Reporter. On her free time, Soto likes reading, painting, and hanging out with her friends. |
North Campus
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Amanda Anderson is a first-year Art Education major. She has been entranced by the arts since a child and has always expressed herself artistically. For years, Amanda has used creativity as a way to express herself and show others how she views the world around her. When it comes to art, she leans toward painting what society would depict as monsters and giving her own spin on it, showing the beauty in even the worst creatures. Her use of texture helps show the life, experience, and trauma that people carry through their everyday lives. After graduating, Amanda plans to teach high schoolers and guide them to finding their voice in the arts. Through art, she wants to inspire teens not to be afraid to instill change with their works. |
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Padrón Campus
| Nicholas is an undergraduate at the Miami Dade College at the Eduardo J. Padron Campus. He’s currently working towards a Associate in Arts. He is aspiring for a doctorate in Political Science with a minor in Philosophy. He has been active on niche internet communities for some time; due to watching these communities develop ideologically and politically he wishes to research these changes. In his current Humanities Edge project, he will survey and analyze the news sources in different online communities. His main concern is with echo chambers and radicalization in these online spaces which could lead to negative consequences in the real world. Such as the Churchland Shooting and the attack on the Capitol on January 6th. |
Kamila Izquierdo is a student at The Honors College Dual Language Program at Miami Dade College. Kamila is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and the president of Gamma Eta, a chapter from Sigma Kappa Delta, The English Honor Society. Kamila joined Urbana Literary & Arts magazine as a social media editor. She is also working with Corazón Contento, The Happy Heart Foundation, helping first-generation students apply to college. Kamila plans to transfer to a four-year university to attain her bachelor’s degree in English and Literature and then pursue a master’s degree in Literature studies. Kamila was born in Cuba and immigrated with her parents to Spain, and later came to the United States at the age of fifteen. Her favorite books include 'A Room Of One’s Own' by Virginia Woolf and 'My Policeman' by Bethan Roberts. |
| Paola Linares grew up in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and moved to Miami, Florida, in 2016. In 2021, she graduated Cum laude from International Studies Charter High School. At ISCHS, Paola learned a third language, Italian, and discovered her passion for human diversity. Also, she volunteered as a camp counselor at Allegria, where she learned to work with children. Paola started attending Miami Dade College in August 2021 and is currently majoring in Foreign Language. She is part of four clubs: MDC Queer Collective, Japanese Manga and Culture Club, Psyche Force, and Meraki Youth. Paola is involved in the community by volunteering in events such as clean-ups, canvassing, researching, and more. Her interests outside of school include watching anime, reading manga, and hanging out with friends. Soon, she plans to transfer to FIU and pursue her Bachelor’s degree in either Spanish or Sociology. | Nicole Viloria is an English Literature student at The Honors College at Miami Dade College, aiming to transfer to a Comparative Literature program. As a lover of languages, writing, and reading since she was living in Venezuela, she wishes to translate novels and write novels of her own. She graduated from Felix Varela High School at the top 1% of her class. At Miami Dade College, she won second place at the Ghost Story Contest, which earned her the publication of her story at her digital Learning Commons website. As former president of the Spanish Honor Society, she organized Christmas toy drives for kids in the Dominican Republic. Now, she tutors a student from Ukraine once a week to help her practice her English. She has researched Gloria Naylor’s novels and presented it at the Humanities Education Research Association 2022 conference. She is also the founding secretary of Gamma Eta, the chapter of Sigma Kappa Delta English Honor Society and part of the editorial staff at Urbana Literary & Arts magazine. |
Wolfson Campus
| Dance to Live! | Virtual Arena: How Technology Contributes To Sports Addiction |
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Makeda Mack Barnett was born in Atlanta, Georgia, March 17th, 1997. She graduated from North Cobb High School in 2015. She is currently studying at Miami Dade College. Her passion is dance and she is interested in how dance can improve the well-being and mental health of those who participate. She is looking forward to studying dance at Miami Dade College and hopes to combine her passion for dance and her passion for therapy to help people of all ages and abilities. |
Andrew Ruby is a 24-year-old spoken word artist from Miami Gardens, Florida. He currently attends Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, where he is studying English and making the Dean’s List. Andrew's work appears in the Freedom Writers Journal, published in the Library of Congress. His work also appears in the Orange Island Review, as well as Write to the City, a journal published by the Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago. Andrew also won the “Best Of" category in the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Washington, D.C. |
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Nicola Salino was born in Lima and raised in Key Biscayne, a subtropical barrier island off the coast of Miami. From a young age, he developed a love for the unique wildlife of South Florida around his hometown. Throughout his school years, Nicola would spend countless days wandering in the hammocks, meadows, and mangrove forests of the island looking for birds or combing the beaches with a rod in hand watching and waiting for fins to break the surface. He attended New World School of the Arts in the visual arts department for high school and will begin a Bachelor of Fine Arts pathway at FIU this coming Fall. Nicola's work mainly concerns the Flora and Fauna of South Florida which he has come to love. |
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