Mad as a Hatter
Hello everyone! Let me introduce myself. My full name is Carol Xiomara Marroquin. I am a graduate student here at Cal State Dominguez Hills. I graduated in the Fall of 2013 as a Liberal Studies major. I, unfortunately, decided that teaching the kiddos was not for me, and so I came back to DH to pursue another career path. I stumbled about the Arts and Humanities: The City Master’s Program, and I have 2 more semesters to go. I still want to be an educator, and this program is allowing me to do so. I will hopefully teach at the community college or lower division level after I am done. I am taking this course as an elective at the moment.
Although at first glance I look Caucasian, I am indeed, Latina. My parents are both from Guatemala, and they both came to the United States while my mom was 2 months pregnant with me. Must have bumped my head many times during her journey here because I’ve been told by my mother that I tend to be a little quirky here and then.
I love all things Disney. My favorite color is blue. I love to have dance parties for one and I love having solo carpool karaoke sessions in my car. I am looking forward to what this class has to offer, and I am looking forward to reading everyone else’s bios. Have a good day!
Hello Carol, I think that it is very big of you to admit that teaching children is not your calling. It must be scary to come back but it is important to pursue happiness elsewhere. I could not help but notice that you consider yourself Latina and not Chicana. Is there a particular reason? For me Chicana is a result of being neither fully Mexican or fully American, but I have never really thought of what that means for people who not closely tied to Mexico but from countries of middle or south America. Either way welcome to the class!
Thank you for the feedback! I guess I don’t consider myself Chicana because I never associated myself with that word. I only became familiar with it when I went to high school and heard about MeCHA. I don’t even consider myself Chipina like my fellow Guatemalans. I guess it’s because I am Latina and feel as though all Latinas and Latinos are the same; we should all consider ourselves as one and not divide ourselves.