Salvador was born in México and moved to the US at the age of three. He grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and currently hails from Schiller Park, Illinois. As an Art and Ethinicity, Race, and Migration double major he likes to spend his free time at La Casa Cultural (otherwise known as his second home). While there, he participates in Alianza, the pan-Latin American group on campus, and MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán). He also tutors for Squash Haven, takes pictures for the Yale Daily News, helps Teatro! (Yale's Latino Theatre Ensemble) with productions, and conducts research for his Bouchet fellowship.

Mayra, a Chicana from Chicago, Illinois, attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. Currently a sophomore in Branford College, Mayra intends on double majoring in Latin American Studies and Ethnicity, Race and Migration. During her freshmen year, Mayra was a freshmen liaison for La Casa Cultural as well an e-board member of MEChA and Alianza. This year Mayra continues her involvement in La Casa but she has also become more active with the YDN as a contributing photographer. A passionate dancer, Mayra is in the midst of organizing Sabrosura, the first ever Pan-Latin American Dance Show at Yale. She hopes to carry her love for dance into graduate school where she wants to study race via the lens of performance.

Alan, the son of Mexican immigrants, is a junior in Trumbull College, native to Monterey Park and Alhambra, California—suburbs east of Los Angeles. He is double majoring in Latin American Studies and Ethnicity, Race, & Migration focusing on racial identity formation and discrimination in Latin America. Alan plans to pursue graduate studies in both Latin American Studies and law. Alan has been a Dwight Hall Urban Fellow and interned with New Haven Legal Assistance supporting casework in domestic violence and immigration law. Alan has also a contributing member of the Lowenstein Human Rights Project researching racial and ethnic profiling on European borders with students at the Yale Law School. In his free time, Alan has enjoyed involvement in Alianza, a Pan-Latino organization geared towards building greater solidarity and unity among the diverse Latino population on campus, and attending events at St. Thomas More, the Catholic chapel and center at Yale. The summer after freshman year, Alan participated in the Bulldogs in Mexico Program in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon interning in the legal department of CEMEX, one of the leading companies in building materials. The summer after sophomore year, Alan participated in Yale’s intensive intermediate Portuguese language program in Brazil. 

Hi! I am a Junior in Davenport College and am planning on double majoring in History and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. I was born in the Dominican Republic, but I moved to the United States when I was five years old and have been living in Boston, MA ever since. I am the President of the Dominican Students Association, and I work as a Master's Aide for my residential college and as a program coordinator/mentor for Squash Haven, an enrichment program geared towards placing middle-school students on the track towards higher education through intensive physical and academic skill development. Random information: I love taking naps and dancing bachata.

Allie is proud to consider herself both a New Yorker and a Colombian. The daughter of Colombian immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, where she attended The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates. On the path to becoming a Chemistry Major, she remains ridiculously busy with science classes and labs (and Japanese class!). She splits her "free" time between three organizations--she is on the board for Alianza: The Alliance Celebrating Latin Culture, as well as for Rhythmic Blue (RB), Yale's Premier Hip-Hop and Contemporary Dance Group. This year, along with three friends, she is founding the first Yale chapter of PorColombia, a national organization for Colombian students. As President, she is extremely excited to see this idea come to life at Yale, as well as continue to be heavily involved in her other wonderful organizations, Alianza and RB. Allie traveled to Kyoto, Japan (and LOVED it) with her Freshman Seminar in May, and then spent two months in Natal, Brasil, working at a center for Autistic children over the summer (and LOVED that, too!). Because of this she's a little obsessed with languages, speaking Spanish, English, Italian, and a little Portuguese, while currently studying Japanese. She's a third degree black belt in Shotokan karate, after doing it for almost 9 years and competing internationally to represent the United States.

Chris was born in Los Angeles, CA and graduated from Torrance High School in the South Bay suburbs of L.A. A sophomore of Honduran descent in Trumbull College, Chris is planning on pursuing the major in Architecture with a possible Latin American Studies double major. As a freshman, Chris was involved in planning the inaugural Ambassadors Program and was a member of the Rhanjey Yale Dey Bhangra team. Now in his second year in New Haven, Chris is working with the Roosevelt Institution to put together the conference, "A Seat at the Table: Socioeconomic Diversity and Access to Selective Higher Education." In addition to his work at the Admissions Office, he spends time working at the Council for Latin American and Iberian Studies. Chris is a sophomore representative on the Trumbull College Council.

Hi! I was born in Texas, raised in Puerto Rico, and have lived in a small town outside of Atlanta, Georgia for the past ten years. I’m majoring in Political Science, with a concentration in International Relations. I plan to work in education after graduation and eventually attend law school. On campus, I am involved in Community Health Educators and I am a student deacon in the University Church. I also work in Admissions as a Student Recruitment Coordinator. I love to travel and have studied abroad in Sardinia, Italy with Yale Summer Session. I just returned from two months in New Delhi, India, having participated in the Bulldogs in India internship program. My dream is to be on the Amazing Race someday. I am excited beyond words to spend this year on Old Campus with 2012! If you have any questions, want to talk, or feel like baking cookies or cupcakes (I love to bake!), stop by my room in LW-F21.