Growing up in Newport Beach, California, diversity wasn’t always celebrated. To better understand what I mean, picture the MTV show Laguna Beach. That was actually the life I led. My dad is Mexican and my mom is white. Because I lived in an affluent white community, I assimilated into their culture. Mexicans in America are […]
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Miles
Maya VegaMaya graduated UW with a BA in Communications. She studied abroad in London twice and loved it so much she’s moving there this September.
Underground
Artist’s statement: While I was abroad in London, my tube stop — yes, my tube stop, it’s a very personal thing — had weekly poetry written on a whiteboard outside the stairs. Normally this was a space reserved for updates about maintenance and delays, but our local crew saw it more fit as an artistic […]