Department:
Comparative Literature
Bio/CV:
Daniela Alvarez (she/her) is a first-generation student majoring in Comparative Literature in UC Berkeley. As a daughter of a Mexican immigrant, she was raised in the San Fernando Valley with an understanding of the harm that systemic racism and neoliberalism have imposed on her communities, within the United States and in Latin America. As a survivor, she also stresses the importance of uplifting the voices of women and queer people of color. Through literary research, she hopes to emphasize the importance of literature as a vessel for radical thought that is rooted in the dreams and experiences of these communities. She is interested in the dynamics between poetry as a voice for women and queer people of color and the neoliberal spaces in which they exist in Latin America. After her undergraduate career, she hopes to pursue a doctoral degree to research in literary and postcolonial studies in order to build a career as a higher education mentor for nontraditional students and marginalized communities. She hopes to leave an impact beyond research as she plans to continue organizing for her community, emphasizing the need for both theory and practice.
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