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Interview with Dr. Anitza San Miguel, Part 2

May 9, 2012 by Cristina Velez

Cristina: Speaking about Puerto Rico, tell us about the island. What is your greatest memory while living on the island? Anita: Oh, my greatest memory. There are lots of them. My family is really united so I think most of the memories I have and that I treasure a lot are just being around my cousins and my aunts and

Interview with Dr. Anitza San Miguel, Part 1

April 3, 2012 by Cristina Velez

This month, we interviewed Dr. Anitza San Miguel to learn more about her experiences as an educator. Below we transcribed part 1 of the interview discussing her process of becoming an educator. Each week we will add a part of the interview, all together presenting the message Dr. San Miguel would like to share with the

Professional or Personal?

March 13, 2012 by Cristina Velez

Once upon a time, in a land filled with rainbows and butterflies, there lived a bee community. The community thrived in a sweet and sticky home of honey, a hive that buzzed with life every morning and hummed with serenity at night. The center of the hive housed the Queen and the HoneyBee Honey corporation, occupied by busy bee

Can you spare a life?

January 13, 2012 by Cristina Velez

Yesterday, on my way back from a meeting with my sister, I witnessed a rather intense and curiously epiphanic moment. There were two cars in front of me, a blue sedan following a gray sedan that was waiting to make a left turn from the middle of the lane. The driver in the blue sedan immediately turned on her right signal and pushed

My Voice

January 4, 2012 by Cristina Velez

(A deep voice with edge and energetic anticipation): IN A WORLD where white males dominate the field of film composition, stands one Latina, ready to battle her way to receiving a gold figure of… (CGI special effects and a montage of extreme light-contrasting settings or scenes. Driving metal