I completely did not see that there was an assignment posted BELOW the post, “First Day of Class.” Oops. Well here I am, two weeks late! 🙂

My name is Christina Marie Ferrada, and I am a senior English major. I’m from southern California, lived here my whole life, and I’m currently commuting from Santa Monica. I love to cook, eat, read, write, go to concerts, hike, and of course, go to the beach. This is my last semester at LMU, and I’m also working two jobs, one on campus and one off campus. Because of that, I am not super involved with many on-campus activities or organizations- I’m just too busy unfortunately.

I took a Chicano/a literature course last year and fell in love with the style, culture, and passion of Chicano/a and Latino/a literature. I am half Chilean and half Irish-American so I have always yearned to feel more Latina than I do American, which has been an interesting path. I don’t speak spanish, which is embarrassing because even my extremely white mother is fluent, (and has the worst accent), and I “studied” Spanish in high school. However, this semester I am taking Spanish 101 for an elective, because one way or another, I NEED to learn! Try not to make fun of me too much for that!

I am so excited to meet you all, to read more Chicana and Latina literature, and to learn more about myself in the process! Poetry is my favorite genre, so I hope we can delve into that in particular. I’m obviously still getting the hang of this blogging process, and I begrudgingly signed up for the twitter account as well, so with all these new learning avenues, this class is already my most interesting.

See you all tonight! 🙂

Here is a picture of what is most precious to me, my small family consisting of my sisters, parents, and my brother in law. 🙂