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Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice

About

Maria is a Pre-Law student majoring in English and minoring in Political Science at Rutgers-Newark. Their passions for racial justice include seeking justice for victims of police brutality and racial profiling. They are interested in collaborating with minority students across all three campuses and voicing racial justice concerns within the university institution

Organizations/Accomplishments/Upcoming Projects

Accomplishments:

  • Activist and advocate for immigration reform with R.I.S.E. student organization

  • Editor-in-Chief of The Sheaf Literary & Art Magazine in UC of UC

Upcoming Projects:

  • Humanities 4 Humanity: Digital Archive and Zine

How Do Social and Racial Justice Concerns Appear in Your Work?

Racial justice efforts appear in my most recent project by collecting and compiling the artwork of students that address social issues in specific demographics such as the LGBTQ+ community, tackling the intersectionality of race and ethnicity within the Latinx community, interviewing Rutgers students on the black experience, and highlighting the art and literature of the Filipinx diaspora.