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Jacqueline Rodriguez-Fulbright ETA Semi-Finalist-Venezuela

Jacqueline Rodriguez-Fulbright ETA Semi-Finalist-Venezuela

by jinkimn | May 2, 2025 | 2016, Recipient's Blog

Jacqueline Rodriguez is the daughter of Salvadoran working class immigrants. Both her parents fled El Salvador during the Civil War and settled in Los Angeles, California where Jacqueline was born. At age 5 Jacqueline’s mother died of cancer and her dad, with the help...
Felipe Hernandez, Marshall Scholarship Winner: Blog #4, The Courage to Dream

Felipe Hernandez, Marshall Scholarship Winner: Blog #4, The Courage to Dream

by jinkimn | Apr 28, 2025 | 2016, Recipient's Blog

Felipe Hernandez at 10 Downing Street “I grew up in the ‘belly of the beast’ in that old apartment complex right across the street. I was not the best student; I frankly didn’t care, but what I did have was music, and it changed my life. While the sound of gun shots...
Daniela Estrada, Truman Scholarship Winner: Application and Interview Process

Daniela Estrada, Truman Scholarship Winner: Application and Interview Process

by jinkimn | Apr 28, 2025 | 2016, Recipient's Blog

Applying for the Truman has been an amazing experience. Prior to receiving notice that I was a Truman Scholar, I was already beyond grateful for all that I had learned throughout the process, which helped me grow significantly. This scholarship made me address very...
Felipe Hernandez: Marshall Scholarship Winner, Blog #2

Felipe Hernandez: Marshall Scholarship Winner, Blog #2

by jinkimn | Apr 28, 2025 | 2016, Recipient's Blog

Editor’s Note: After winning the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Colombia, Felipe returned to the US, filming a documentary with Road Trip Nation over the summer and then became a California Senate Fellow in Sacramento. In fall 2015, he traveled to the...

Christopher Galeano: Capital Fellows Program Winner, Blog #1: Motivations and Expectations

by jinkimn | Apr 28, 2025 | 2016, Recipient's Blog

My motivations and application process At the root of my motivation to apply for the Capital Fellows Program as a Senate Fellow was my research and community organizing experiences while at UCI. As I came to see it, researchers made policy recommendations for...
Felipe Hernandez: Marshall Scholarship Winner, Blog #3

Felipe Hernandez: Marshall Scholarship Winner, Blog #3

by jinkimn | Apr 28, 2025 | 2015, 2016, Recipient's Blog

A World-Wide Community I never thought I would be here today. As the first to attend college in my family, the hurdles seemed endless. After graduating from UCI, the road was full of endless possibilities but also uncertainties. During the Marshall Scholarship...

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