Class Year
2019
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
10-14-2016
Department 1
Center for Public Service
Abstract
In this week’s edition of Fearless Friday, Surge is pleased to honor the work of Vanessa Martinez ’19.
Vanessa is an Anthropology major with a Peace and Justice Studies minor from Los Angeles, California. Though she is only a sophomore, Vanessa is already heavily involved in Gettysburg’s campus. She is the secretary of the Latin American Student Association , handles public relations for the Asian Student Alliance, and is a member of the Black Student Union. Vanessa works for the Center for Public Service as a program coordinator for the bilingual after-school program at VIDA Charter School. During Spring Break 2017, she will be a project leader for an Immersion Trip to Baltimore, Maryland, which will focus on models of urban education reform. Additionally, Vanessa works for the Department of Public Safety as an administrative assistant and also serves as a Diversity Peer Educator on campus.
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Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Martinez, Vanessa, "Fearless Friday: Vanessa Martinez" (2016). SURGE. 284.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/surge/284
Included in
Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons
Comments
Surge is a student blog at Gettysburg College where systemic issues of justice matter. Posts are originally published at surgegettysburg.wordpress.com Through stories and reflection, these blog entries relate personal experiences to larger issues of equity, demonstrating that –isms are structural problems, not actions defined by individual prejudice. We intend to popularize justice, helping each other to recognize our biases and unlearn the untruths.