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DESCRIPTION:La Unidad is a cultural organization at Mount Holyoke College t
 hat was established in 1976. During that time period\, a large part of the
  organization was made up of Latinx students and allies to our community. 
 In the past\, LaU members have attended and contributed to several confere
 nces\, including a conference hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Tec
 hnology. Our home is located in the Eliana Ortega Cultural Center\, founde
 d on November 15th\, 1995\, and named after Professor Eliana Ortega. Along
 side Professor Ortega\, we have Professor Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez\, who w
 as taught at Mount Holyoke for 30 years and was the longtime advisor for L
 aU.\n\nGiven this brief history and Mount Holyoke’s time of existence\, 
 we want to highlight that it wasn’t until the 1950s that Mount Holyoke b
 egan to address its problems with exclusion of historically underrepresent
 ed people. With the creation of the Cultural Centers on campus during this
  time period\, we want to acknowledge that there is still more work to be 
 done\, and we want to include that in the conversation we will be having w
 ith Professor Alberto Sandoval.\n\nThat being said\, today we want to disc
 uss the experience of being a Latinx person coming to Mount Holyoke\, as w
 e all come from very different locations and backgrounds but hold a simila
 r identity that unites us here. We will be asking Professor Sandoval quest
 ions about his time adjusting to MHC as a Latinx professional and asking h
 im what we as students can do to adopt better practices that curate a stab
 le\, long-lasting space on campus for future MHC students. We will bring i
 n alumni who have been in conversations with Professor Sandoval and ask th
 em questions about their experience at Mount Holyoke. The Latinx identity 
 can be a very ambiguous one due to the nature of racial formation in the U
 nited States. Identity shapes our experiences\, but how did alumni navigat
 e their identity at a PWI? What advice can they give to current students w
 hen applying to internships and jobs to prepare for after graduation? We w
 ant to connect our current Latinx students with past ones in order to gain
  a better sense of the history of Latinidad at Mount Holyoke College.\n\n(
 We invite all BIPOC students\, staff\, and faculty to attend our online pa
 nel.)\n\nFacilitators: Nazareth Castro\, she/her\, Alumni Liasion of La Un
 idad\, Jude Barrera\, he/they\, Editor-in-Chief of Vida (under La Unidad)\
 nPanelists: Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez
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SUMMARY:Exploring Latinidad within Mount Holyoke and Beyond
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