Entries by Thomas Correa

I Never Learned How to Swim

Saludos, mis amores.   Acérquense y déjenme contarles la historia of how I became…Taylor Swift. On that fateful night of Friday, March 18, 2022, UCLA decisions were released while I was away for my final concert band review. So many seniors had been rejected that, out of fear of spoiling my beloved MORP, I waited until […]

¿Qué Opinan los Jalisciences de Claudia Sheinbaum?

El agosto pasado, viajé a Jalisco, México, y aprendí cómo se sienten unos mexicanos sobre la nueva presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum. Con más de un mes hasta su inauguración el primero de octubre, las opiniones estaban mezcladas.. Visité algunos pueblos en México para entrevistar a personas de diferentes orígenes. Estos son sus sentimientos sobre […]

How does Indigenous Erasure Impact Latines?

Saludos, amiguis. To know who you are is to know where you come from. However, over the centuries, Europeans have done so much to obscure the Indigenous presence on these continents, and now much of our oral and family histories have been hidden away from us. For Latines with at least some Indigenous ancestry, tracing […]

Puerto Vallarta, August 2024 – Part I

This past August I had the opportunity to return to Jalisco, Mexico, after 20 months away. In those 20 months, I went through the last two quarters of freshman year, all of sophomore year with all its plot twists and theatrics, and a summer of preparing to become editor-in-chief. In their song “Florida!!!” Taylor Swift […]