Welcome (Back) to the Northwestern Alumni Association, Yari Gallegos 19, 20 MS
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In 2018 Yari Gallegos joined the Northwestern Alumni Association (NAA) as a young alumni/Homecoming intern. Now she\\u2019s returned to the NAA as assistant director of alumni engagement for student to alumni transitions. In her new role she\\u2019s helping to organize programs like New Chapter. NU Neighbors and staple events for Homecoming. In this episode of Northwestern Intersections, Gallegos shares how her experiences as an undergraduate student inspired her to pursue a career in higher education. As a graduate student Gallegos\' research\\u2014reflecting on her own college experience\\u2014focused on perceived institutional support and ethnic identity salience for Latinx undergraduate students at a predominately white institution. She highlights how through interviews she found that many Latinx undergraduate students discover university resources too late, and that many define their sense of belonging through their community and not with their school. Gallegos shares her thoughts on the importance of connecting with and creating community\\u2014especially for first-generation and Latinx students\\u2014and how these institutions can support their success.\\xa0
Show Notes:
New Chapter. NU Neighbors
Homecoming Week
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