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Luisa and Luis Meet and Ariana Happens: A Wellesley Story

November 01, 2017 by Editor-in-Chief in Identity

By Ariana Gonzalez-Bonillas

Content warning: binary language to honor how Luisa and Azucena experienced Wellesley

August 1990.  

Luisa arrives at Wellesley, Purple Class of 1994. The Latinas that Azucena had adopted and helped to grow in turn adopt and care for Luisa. Luisa majors in Latin American Studies, becomes a Mellon Mays Scholar, and struggles to learn how to be at a predominantly white institution. Soon, she will find a companion in her struggle who knows what she is going through, too.

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November 01, 2017 /Editor-in-Chief
wellesley college, latinx, legacy, women of color, students of color
Identity
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