Carolina alumna builds community for grad students
Posted Nov 6, 2021
Yesenia Pedro Vicente ’13 came to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an undergraduate student from Morganton, North Carolina, and describes her college experience as “first-generation everything.” Pedro Vicente experienced firsthand the complexities that can arise from systemic racism, stereotypes, and cultural appropriation.
(UNC.edu)
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