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I grew up in the border towns of Nuevo Laredo/Laredo. As a kid, I enjoyed participating in poetry and speech school competitions. I enjoyed being on the volleyball school team and playing tennis.
As a kid, I was always into breakdancing, graffiti, Djing, and rapping. But, in middle school, I got mixed up with the “wrong crowd” and spent two years on probation. I didn’t know it at the time, but this was a blessing in my life …
My father was a soldier in the Army stationed there, which was quite a move both in distance and culture for a young Black man who was born in St. Louis, Missouri. My mother was born in Juarez, Chihuahua and moved to the U.S. at the age of 21.
My mother was a teacher. My father was a Marine veteran and a salesman for IBM. My brother Geoff was a Marine corporal, and he had a mental breakdown when I was 13
I had most of my life planned— I would attend Southern University A&M College in Baton Rouge, LA, and become a Dancing Doll. I would earn my degree, while pursuing law school to study corporate law, get married at the age of 26, and have 3 children.
While working as a diversity advocate and student affairs professional can be taxing, Dr. Aranda strives to be an agent of change for historically marginalized and underrepresented students
Watching my daughters face in my graduations made it all worth it, and hearing them say “I want to be like you mom,” was worth every struggle, time, and effort.
Seeing the education system take away opportunities from some students, motivated me to pursue a Master’s degree in Data and Statistics where I use my research to inform teacher best-practices and policy change.
I found my passion to support families in my community with special needs children and make sure they had all the support and resources available.
My name is Angel Noriega, a 23-year old DACA recipient. I came to the United States when I was 1 year old and was raised in Sylmar, California. I also happen to be a first-generation high school and college graduate. My father works in construction, and my mother is a custodian. When I was growing up, I faced a few challenges just like everyone else such as lack of
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