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🎥  Click here to view Profe's Intro Video

I’m a first-generation Chicana and college student, queer, and fronteriza, born/raised in South San Diego, along the U.S.-Mexico border. I’ve lived my life navigating two languages, cultures, and nations. My parents are Mexican immigrants that came to the U.S. with only a 7th and 3rd grade level of education for better life opportunities. I was raised in a low-income household, and English is my second language. Currently, I hold an A.A. in Criminal Justice, a B.A. in Sociology with an emphasis in Law and Society, and a Masters in Latin American Studies. My plan is to return to school for a Ph.D.

📷 The photo above is one I took this summer when my partner and I drove up to Big Sur for some camping. I absolutely love camping and have been doing it since I can remember. Traveling and nature are grounding to me.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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I am a mom of four going back to school to finish my degree in Communications after many years absence from college. I love going to the beach, hiking, camping, running, yoga and being with my family.

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Myself and my two kids at Knotts this summer!

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Click here to watch my video - 😃 Here is a little about me. I am a 40 year old returning student. After 20 years I have decided to change my career path. I am working toward earning an elementary school teaching credential.  I am married with two boys living in Fallbrook . We love to go to theme parks for a ton of reasons, but mostly for the roller coasters!🎢 If I complete my degree I will be the first one in my family to get one. I am really excited to learn more about myself through this class and learn more about my classmates as well.

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Memories are very important time together is what counts. 

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My name is Veronica Garcia I live spent time with my family. I was born in Sonora Mexico and  I came tho USA when I was 21 years old not knowing English. I joined to the military  at the age of 24  it was a  hard experience because of the language but I overcome it.  I have three kids and my 6 years old daughter was born Down Syndrome . She is a blessing for our family and open the doors for a new world to us.  I found myself advocating and fighting for her rights . Her rights of a meaningful  inclusive education  and services that she need to become a successful person. I will never give up.   I found the writing center a very beneficial tool to help me with my English and writing.  This new technology is amazing for me because after 9 years of break from school  I am able to return and uses this important  academic tools.  I would like to finish a Associate In Human Development and transfer to become a  Behavioral Specialist  with the experience that I have as parent will help  professionally.  I also want to help other families that have kids with special needs.

Veronica Garcia.

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My name is Daisy Salazar and my pronouns are she/her/hers. The picture above is from my trip to Italy back in 2019 I chose this photo because I wanted to share my interest in traveling. Growing up I would travel to Mexico usually being Oaxaca or Guanajuato because that's where my parents are from, and sometimes we'd go to other states as well. Now that I'm older and able to truly value the experience of traveling to a different country, my family and I wanted to go somewhere new to try new foods and learn about different cultures. Because of COVID, and now monkeypox, I haven't been able to travel. When I'm not in school I'm likely to be at home watching Netflix or scrolling through TikTok. I like going shopping and going to restaurants and trying new foods. Recently I've been trying to pick up on new hobbies instead of going on my phone hahaha. I've started learning how to cook the foods I grew up eating, gardening my own fruits and veggies, practicing yoga, and meditation. This is my last year at MiraCosta and I hope to transfer to a CSU or private university and become a Civil Engineer. As a first gen student going into STEM it has been hard these past two years but with the help of the EOPS program and the support of my family I managed to keep going.

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My video

Hey everyone! I'm Roseline Sanchez and my pronouns are she/her/hers. The picture is of my cats Ozzy and Mavis. I'm a biology major and hopefully a future paleontologist. I've included the link to my video introduction explaining a little about myself and my career goals, so I hope it works for y'all! Something I didn't include in my video however was the fact that this is actually the third year of my college experience even though I'm at the beginning route of a bio major. I was first a music major at CSUF and after a year there I came to MiraCosta to look for something else and eventually I found math and science :D I won't be transferring for another three semesters after this one but I'm hoping to transfer to UCSC for their ecology and evolution biology program. If not there, I'll probably head up somewhere north. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

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I'm Citlali Mora (she/her). This is me on a plane ready to travel. I enjoy all parts of traveling and enjoy exploring new places. My major is Social Work and Human Services, I would love to become Social Worker or counselor. Outside of school and work, I enjoy going to the beach or staying home and relaxing.
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Jordan smith (him/he)

This is a photo of me at the hospital holding my nephew for the first time. I chose it because I’ve never used it. I will get my teaching credentials but most likely become some type of coach for high school or college. I love music and I do my best to learn how to help others make music. The student resource and support in our course syllabus I found most valuable would be the writing center for sure.

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Click here for the link of my video https://youtu.be/v04rcPBR2s0
Hi everyone!
My name is Daisy Mendoza and my pronouns are she/her. The picture I decided to upload was picture of my parents. It's a throwback picture but it means a lot to me. They are very important to me and I would like to make them proud. Not only for them but for myself as well. I believe we are all capable of achieving what we set our goals to be. My major is Psychology. I'm going to be transferring by the end of this semester to Cal Sate San Marcos. My career goal would be to a psychiatric nurse. I would like to help patient with their mental illness. Mental illness has always been interesting to me and I would like to learn more about them. I forgot to say in my video was one important that I found valuable in the syllabus would be respecting and safe space in this course. Last thing I'm going share is that I enjoy cooking. I have started to learn how to cook during the summer and it's actually really enjoyable. The best part is eating the food at the end. At first wasn't the best but I would like to say I'm slowly getting better. I hope everyone has a great semester! :)

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My son & I visiting family in Maui, HI over the summer. This beautiful view is called Poli Poli. 

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Hi everyone! My name is Dalila Moedano. My pronouns are she/her/hers. The photo I have chosen above is of me and my handsome four year old son. I’m a single mom to this amazing, adventurous, and creative boy. This photo shows us visiting family in Maui, HI this past summer. I chose it because I love to travel with my son and this shows us having a nice time on our trip. I’m in my last year here at MiraCosta college. I’m beginning the process of applying to universities to transfer to next fall. My long term career goal is to major in speech language pathology and become a speech therapist. When I’m not at school I enjoy spending time with my son and our dog Benji. We love to go to the beach, park, and swim at the pool in our free time. The most valuable resource in my opinion is the writing center. I utilized them numerous times when I took English 100 last year. Even if you don’t think you need extra help with something it doesn’t hurt to get a second opinion on something. I look forward to getting to know everyone better, cheers to a great semester!

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Jordan Smith Part 2/2

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This is the link to my video: https://youtu.be/cNyzXjejOxY
Hi everyone! My name is Trang, and I am from Vietnam. I came to America a few years ago as an international student. I used to live in Los Anges and studied at Santa Monica college, and I just moved to San Diego last December. I must say that the air in San Diego is much better than LA as well as less noisy, which I like a lot. It's nice to meet everyone.

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Click here to watch my video :)
I am 18 years old and this is my 2nd year here in MiraCosta. I've been living here for the past 14 years because when I was around 4 I migrated here from Mexico to get a better education for my brothers and I. My parents thought that was the best idea. I plan to transfer to CSUSM to finish off my nursing career.
I didn't mention in the video but the picture above is me playing for my high school soccer team in my Senior year.

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I chose this picture because it reminds me of how I can be having the worst day or month ,which represents all the clouds, the sun shines trough. This helps me stay positive in hopes that one day my life will be full of sunshine in the future.  I tied to upload my video put it did not work, so here is my introduction.
Hello my name is Cristina,
I chose the picture of the sunset at the beach because it helps me be positive about my life, I also chose this picture because I really enjoy going for walks to on the beach it helps me keep a healthy state of mind as I struggle of depression and other things. For my long term goals I really wish to just finish my education and to have a decent career, I feel that it is in some way my duty to my parents and all of the struggles they have endured just to be in this country so that we ( my brothers and I) could have a better life and well basically a better everything. I wish to be successful enough to help them and my children financially if ever needed. One thing I really find inspiring about this is the professor as I have not had many professors who have had a similar struggle and in the past I have had one or two and when I have them I feel like I can accomplish it, as it is a "si se puede!" type of feeling.

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Hey ! Im Jorge , but everyone calls me Jorgey / "J". The photo I took is a photo of me with a light saber, my friend took of me . I just chose it because It shows how goofy I am and no I am not that into Star Wars the light saber is just really fun to swing around . Im an artist at heart im taking this class as a requirement to transfer and get my degree in animation . my long term goal is to have my own clothing and jewelry brand which I have been working on currently this year and are on track with . As well as collaborate with other artists helping them design there ideas into reality . Even if its through merchandise / jewelry / music videos / photography / music / digital art , any sort of artist idea. something I like to do outside of school would be traveling !!! last place went to was san Fransisco and Hawaii and it was just so beautiful and full of nature ! Even just being in Hawaii , its a whole other world there . another thing is doing Art !! something I found helpful was the fact that were able to meet with our counselor after class and go spend some actual time together and get help with any assignment wether its at her office or at the cafeteria .

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Hello friends :)
Im Jasmine. I know we do have another Jasmine in our class, so if it helps I also go by the names of "Jas", "Jay", or "JJ".
As I said in the video the picture I posted above is of myself dancing in one of the roles as "Juana Gallo" (huan-uh gah-yo). I've been dancing for almost 10 years, with the Tierra Caliente Academy of Arts in Vista. We do have a second show coming up on Friday, October 28th in Oceanside and I would love to extend the invitation to all of you. Ill give Profe a flyer to share to with you all.
I am the youngest out of 3 sibling, my mom is from a small pueblo (town) called Cuanajo in Michoacán, Mexico. Other than hiking with my family, Mexico is one of the places I love to go. As my duty of "favorite grandchild" (LOL probably not) visiting Grandma is a MUST!! Being there is such a magical place for me, being able to talk to all the vecinas (neighbors) is amazing everyone knows each other. From traveling to Mexico to visit my Grandma I was able to pick up a little of the Purepecha language (im still a beginner), which is one of the indigenous languages spoken in Michoacán.
I look forward to this class to able to learn and hopefully interact with all of you amazing people.

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Hey everyone, my name is Ben, my pronouns are he/him/his. I chose this photo to share because I thought that it was a good picture to show the texture of the rock and it's one of the more interesting pictures of me rock climbing outdoors. I'm currently trying to finish my bachelor's degree for computer science and hope to find some career in software development. I really enjoy rock climbing and building mechanical keyboards in my free time. Here are a few pictures of different mechanical keyboards that I have built.

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My video
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Hi, I am in my second year of college. I am 19 years old and the youngest of three. Majoring in Psychology with a minor in Child Development. My career goal is to become a therapist for ptsd victims and children. During my free time I like to watch tv. I know it sounds boring but I work 2 jobs and am a full-time student, so most of the time that's all the energy I have. When I do make plans with friends I like to eat out. When I do find myself with a lot of time on my hands, which isn't often, I will go on walks with my dog, garden, or draw. The most important tool I found important is the writing center. I've used it before when I needed help on a major assignment and they have always gone above and beyond to help me. The photo I have shown you is my dog Ruby. She gives me hell but I love her no matter what.

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Hiii! My name is Anarely Ramos Lopez, and my pronouns are she/her/hers. Pictured above are my two best friends and I (not pictured) eating pho. It was their first time trying pho and I wanted to commemorate the moment through a picture hehe. I chose this picture because I enjoy trying new things, especially food and I love spending quality time with friends and family. I am a first generation student, in my first year at MiraCosta. I plan to major in Environmental Engineering and go into Water Resource Management or something to do with water systems. I hope to then travel to rural and impoverished areas with hopes of improving their water ways and systems. Some things that I enjoy doing outside of school are going on runs with my dog, reading, and listening to music. Personally, I found the counseling and mental health services the most valuable because as students it's easy to overlook our mental health when balancing life and school, so it's nice knowing there are services to deal with that at school. I wish you all a great semester, take care! My Video:)

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✨ Here is my video: https://miracosta.instructuremedia.com/embed/864f5d3d-8c8f-4c7a-a891-3803c975fd42

My name is Savannah Kay Hemstreet, my pronouns are she/her/hers and I am a singer-songwriter. I play my acoustic guitar and sing all throughout San Diego county at different wineries, breweries, coffee shops, private events, and etc. It's my life's passion, I've sang since before I could speak! This is my first semester back in college, I am majoring in Psychology and I am two semester's shy from my associates degree. I'm taking five classes this semester, and it's my first time going to college full time and having the flexibility/ability to do so because as of several months ago I became a full-time traveling musician. On my spare time when it's not music or school, I am usually out commercial salt water fishing with my little brother catching blue fin tuna.  :-)

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Hello everyone! My names Elizabeth and my pronouns are she/her/hers. This is a picture of me from last month painting a ceramic ghost and pumpkin at a neighborhood park with my boyfriend. I chose this picture because it is one of my mom recent and it shows something I enjoy doing. I’ve always loved being crafty and artsy since I was little and almost carried that passion onto a possible career of mine. I am now instead studying for a bachelors degree in business administration, hoping to have my own business in the future. I also hope to transfer next year into CSUSM or UCI. Something I enjoy doing when I am not working on school work is spending time with my family. I don’t like to take time or people for granted so I always make time for them and try to spend the best time together possible. When I am not with them, I also enjoy doing something for myself like buying myself a little something or going to the gym to work on my physical and mental health. I say mental health too because I discipline myself in the gym or just feel better and relaxed when I go. The student resource I found most valuable was the counseling and mental health services. I’m someone who suffers from depression and anxiety at times so this would be great for me who sometimes doesn’t feel comfortable talking to my family about it. I’m sure others may deal with something similar or worse and it can be helpful as well for them.

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Hello! My name is Elisa Ortega. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I am the oldest of one sibling. I chose the picture above because my sister is the most important person in my life. She is always there with me wherever I go. Even though at times I want to strangle her, I love her very dearly. We also love Dutch bros and it's one of the many things we have in common. We both attend the same college and are majoring in similar fields. I am majoring in Social Work with a minor in psychology. After this semester I will be transferring back to the college I was previously attending to finish my practicum hours and finally graduate with my BSW :)

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I am the son of 2 immigrants. My mom is from Haiti and my dad is from Switzerland. I was recently there this summer visiting my cousins and family with my girlfriend. I live a pretty active lifestyle that involves lots of golf, working out, running, hiking, and anything that just involves moving around. I am currently in school to receive my bachelors degree in Psychology with the goal of one day becoming a Sports psychologist or personal therapist.

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Hello, Everyone, my name is Jasmine Perez, I am 20 years old, and attending MiraCosta, my major is in sociology I'm working towards getting an associate degree for transfer. My transfer choice is Cal State San Marcos. I'm super excited to start off my school year, so far it's been amazing and super fun I've met a lot of new people and made friends. I recently just got engaged and I'm planning on getting married soon. My hobbies are reading especially romance books, mostly some new adult books. I also enjoy drawing and sketching but I'm not as engaged in it as before due to schoolwork. But I do love pastels and fine art or modern art. Other than that I love having out with my fiance and spending time with family. Since I'm very much family oriented.

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My name is Arbella, but I usually go by Bell. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I chose this picture of my family and me because we were instructed to post a photo of something that’s important to us, and family is by far the most important thing to me. My father raised us on his own after our mom passed away when I was a child, and this is one of the only recent pictures we have together as a family because he passed away last year as well- so I chose this pic because it’s particularly important to me!😊 My long-term educational goals are to complete my bachelor's in history at CSUSM and hopefully get in to law school afterwards! When I’m not at work or doing homework I honestly just hang out with friends and family. I thought the information about mental health counseling services was very valuable. I’ve been looking into them through my insurance and it hasn’t been easy, so it’s good to know MiraCosta offers them as well!

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Hello,
My name is Alicia (she,her,hers), and I am currently studying to pursue a career in Criminal Law. Some of my favorite hobbies including reading, learning to crochet, and watching scary movies/documentaries. I currently work in a bakery, and it's been one of my favorite jobs so far. I enjoy learning new recipes! This will be my last semester at Mira Costa College. I am excited for the next chapter of my education to begin!! I choose this picture because I love learning about anything, and it's what I spend the most time doing even in my spare time. Learning is a huge part of what allows me to expand my knowledge, and create deeper understandings in my day to day life.