Hello! My name is Eva Streitz. I’m from the U.S. and this is my first year at UBC! I haven’t decided what I want to study yet, however I am interested in the sciences, Spanish, social justice, and the great outdoors. I scratched the surface of Latin American History in High School and I’m hoping […]
Alec Dawson on “Latin America” (video)
Hey everyone, My name is Mackenzie Baxter. Im a second year UBC student & I am planning to major in Human Geography. I was born in Australia, and had the privilege to live in Peru for the majority of my life. I believe this course will be a very interesting one, as Latin America has experienced a great amount of ordeals, from the invasion of the spanish to its effects on the local people in a religious, cultural and ideological aspect. I hope to learn alot from this course, and improve my knowledge about…read more
IntroductionHi, my name is Krista. I am originally from Northern California. I started my studies in Geography at Arizona State University, then took a year to travel and perform music, and next transferred here to UBC where I study Social Sciences. I …
Hello. . .My name is Thomas McEvoy. I am twenty years old and a second year in UBC. My father is from England and my mother is from Guatemala. I lived my whole life in Latin America, up to the age of sixteen. During those…
Hi, my name is Brette Harrington, this is my last semester at UBC and I will hopefully be graduating in December with a degree in Spanish. I will be heading down to Patagonia for the winter (Argentina and Chile) to rock and alpine Climb. I’…
I’m an international relations student at México, (for the moment at UBC; which is an awesome Uni). I’m a woman with hope in the world and in people, so I’m convinced human relations are the base to ”human success”, but sometimes we’re just blinded by material things. Don’t know yet if I have a political […]
Hi my names Hannah and I am from the University of Melbourne in Australia but was born and raised in a small town just outside of Auckland, New Zealand. I am here in Canada for a year on exchange and am excited … Continue reading →
Hello everyone! My name is Ryan Heazel and I’m from Atlanta, GA in the United States. I am majoring in History and I am eager to learn more about the rich cultural and political heritage of Latin America. I have been there twice, once to a small town o…
Good day, Labdien! My name is Kaspars, I’m 21. I will be studying with you all together for this amazing Fall Term. I’m a exchange student from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. But, I originaly come from a country at … Continue reading →
