College
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty Mentor
Crescencio López-González
Abstract
Sophomore Jasmine, of Box Elder, is president of the USU LatinX Creative Society, the Parent Committee for Centro de la Familia in Box Elder, and the Region Policy Council for the Migrant Program. She studies social work and Spanish. Junior Virginia is a Spanish teaching major and recipient of an Institute for Mexicans Abroad scholarship for her studies in Mexican language and culture. Jasmine led this project to interview a dozen Cache Valley families about their personal experiences during the pandemic as members of the Latinx community. The documentary these students are producing will discuss the ways that their culture and identity gave the families a different prospective and created unique challenges for them. Jasmine wanted to bring together her coursework with her community service with this project. “To create diversity and give a voice to the Latinx community through these types of research projects, is empowering.” As Virginia’s first research experience, she feels that her public speaking and communication skills have grown.
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
2-7-2022
Recommended Citation
Hernandez, Virginia and Morales, Jasmine, "Oral Histories Help Document the Impact of COVID-19 on Cache Valley's Latinx Community" (2022). Research on Capitol Hill. Paper 145.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/roch/145
Included in
Education Commons, Social Work Commons, Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons