- Hi, I'm Karina, I am a senior,
and I am a Cinema and Media Studies major.
Today I'll be showing you my day.
I'm Mezcla's co-president,
so a lot of the work that I'll
be doing is Mezcla related,
and my work is mostly
trying to remind people
that Mezcla's still here for them,
and it's a bit of Wellesley for them,
even though they're home.
I'm still in Wellesley,
so Wellesley is still very much present
in my life right now.
So, let me show you what I'm doing.
(gentle music)
I'm still on campus, so
this is my dorm room.
That's a very comfy chair that
I have, and the amazing view.
I do most of my work in my
room, especially on my desk.
And I do Zoom classes, work,
and I'm recently working
on an art project,
so excuse the mess.
So, as co-president of Mezcla,
the Latinx org at Wellesley,
I'm working on promoting
e-board positions for next year,
and reaching out to incoming first-years
and answering any questions
that they might have.
So one of the things I'm working on
is going on the Facebook groups
and posting that we still
have open e-board positions,
and encouraging people to apply.
And I'm going to email our
WEngage members, reminding them
that we all have statement
of intents due this Friday.
I think it's really important for Mezcla,
and other cultural orgs
overall, to stay connected
to their members, just because, for me,
my cultural org is my support system.
It keeps me strong, and it's a family
that I know I can turn
to during hard times,
and I know that other people
might feel the same way
about their cultural orgs.
So, to maintain connected
and reach out to members,
and remind them that
we're still here for them,
is a way for them to
cope with the situation
that we're in right now.
So, one of the responsibilities
of being co-president
and vice president is that we
have to meet with the Latinx
advisor weekly, and we meet every Tuesday.
Say hi.
- Hi!
Hello!
- Okay, that was fun.
It's Latinx month, so we're
talking about the virtual events
that we will be hosting in
order to celebrate the month.
After my meeting, I went to get dinner,
ate dinner, watched some "90 Day Fiance",
and now I'm taking a mini break
by watching TikTok videos,
and I called my mom.
I'm just chilling until I have to go
and join in onto this
event that we have today.
So, I'm joining onto this lecture
with Professor Viviana Rivera-Burgos,
and we're gonna be discussing
minority politics in the
US, with stereotypes,
alliances and representation.
And this is one of the lectures
that is part of our Latinx month series.
Mezcla was definitely a reason
why I came to Wellesley.
When I met them, I knew that
they would be my support system
while I'm here.
I came to Wellesley not knowing anything,
or how to navigate the school itself,
and Mezcla was always there for me,
and they supported me
through difficult times,
and they were friends that I can turn to
to kind of talk through
the whole new situation
that I was going through.
And they will always be Wellesley for me.
Thank you so much for joining me today,
and I hope you liked what you saw.
