{"id":1997,"date":"2016-08-27T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T18:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2016-08-28T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T16:00:48","slug":"member-accomplishments-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2016\/08\/27\/member-accomplishments-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Accomplishments &#8211; August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2007\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/GloriaPeral2016-109x150.jpg?resize=109%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GloriaPeral2016\" width=\"109\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/GloriaPeral2016.jpg?resize=109%2C150&amp;ssl=1 109w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/GloriaPeral2016.jpg?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/GloriaPeral2016.jpg?w=307&amp;ssl=1 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 109px) 100vw, 109px\" \/>MALCSista <strong>Gloria Rosario Peral<\/strong>, University of California Merced &#8211; B.A Sociology 2014, has been admitted to California State University Northridge, Chicano Studies Master&#8217;s program! She will begin her studies this Fall 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Gloria attended her first MALCS at U of Wyoming at Laramie this summer 2016. She was active in Chicano\/Latino events, and was co-chair of MEChA at UC Merced, leading the organization during its most successful and significant time. Gloria has also presented at NACCS for several years as an undergrad.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1999\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/14051577_10104668788871503_7276330736144215064_n-113x150.jpg?resize=113%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MonicaDeLaTorre2016\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/14051577_10104668788871503_7276330736144215064_n.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/14051577_10104668788871503_7276330736144215064_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/14051577_10104668788871503_7276330736144215064_n.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2006\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/DrMonicadelaTorre2016-150x113.jpg?resize=150%2C113&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DrMonicadelaTorre2016\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/DrMonicadelaTorre2016.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/DrMonicadelaTorre2016.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/DrMonicadelaTorre2016.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>MALCSista <strong>Monica de la Torre<\/strong> received her doctorate in\u00c2\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Gender, Women &amp; Sexuality Studies\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>from the University of Washington this spring\u00c2\u00a0and has started as an Assistant Professor\u00c2\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">of Media and Expressive Culture\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/14080072_10106618806390831_1008560118026129633_n-e1472321916505-150x128.jpg?resize=150%2C128&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VanessaFonseca2016ASU\" width=\"150\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/14080072_10106618806390831_1008560118026129633_n-e1472321916505.jpg?resize=150%2C128&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/14080072_10106618806390831_1008560118026129633_n-e1472321916505.jpg?resize=300%2C255&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/14080072_10106618806390831_1008560118026129633_n-e1472321916505.jpg?w=532&amp;ssl=1 532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>After 2\u00c2\u00a0years\u00c2\u00a0at the University of Wyoming, MALCSista (and current Membership Coordinator) <strong>Vanessa Fonseca<\/strong> has returned to Arizona State University where she received her doctorate in Spanish, but now she is Assistant Professor of English with a focus on\u00c2\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">multi-ethnic U.S. literature! Her work on New Mexican migration <\/span><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Following the Manito Trail&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">was also recently highlighted on Wyoming&#8217;s PBS station.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Please send notice of MALCSista\u00c2\u00a0accomplishments with accompanying photo to <a href=\"mailto:membership@malcs.org\/archive-2017\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"display:inline;unicode-bidi:bidi-override;direction:rtl;\" class=\"\">gro.sclam<span style=\"display:none;\">obfsctd-8bae86<\/span>&#64;pihsrebmem<\/span>\/archive-2017<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0for inclusion on our <a href=\"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/malcs.wildapricot.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Anuncios<\/a> online forum.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MALCSista Gloria Rosario Peral, University of California Merced &#8211; B.A Sociology 2014, has been admitted to California State University Northridge, Chicano Studies Master&#8217;s program! She will begin her studies this Fall 2016. Gloria attended her first MALCS at U of Wyoming at Laramie this summer 2016. She was active in Chicano\/Latino events, and was co-chair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-congratulations","8":"entry","9":"override"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/14080072_10106618806390831_1008560118026129633_n-e1472321916505.jpg?fit=532%2C453&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1891,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2016\/07\/04\/tortuga_awardee\/","url_meta":{"origin":1997,"position":0},"title":"2016 Tortuga Awardee","author":"la Webjefa","date":"July 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The recipient\u00c2\u00a0of the 2016 Tortuga Award is Rosal\u00c3\u00ada Sol\u00c3\u00b3rzano Torres, who will be honored at the Awards Banquet on Saturday, August 6th, during the MALCS Summer Institute at the University of Wyoming-Laramie. 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