Daily Lobo 05/08/2023

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Morales prepares for upcoming advocacy projects

By Detroit Kallunki @DailyLobo

Abrianna Morales has spent her time at the University of New Mexico lobbying for political change and advocating for survivors of sexual violence. She graduates with a double major in psychology and criminology and said she already has big things on the horizon.

Morales plans to stay in the Albuquerque area and continue her advocacy work with the National Organization for Victim Assistance. She also plans to continue her advocacy with the organization she started, Sexual Assault Youth Support Network and her relationship with UNM.

“I’ll be staying here in Albuquerque after graduation to work with NOVA on the launch of the youth advocacy board, and we’re partnering with UNM — among other colleges — to do that. So, I’ll be very much continuing my connection to UNM with my advocacy work,” Morales said. Following graduation, Morales will manage a new program through NOVA that focuses on youth advocacy and assistance. This program is funded by the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, which provides victims of crime with additional

resources, Morales said.

“NOVA recently got a grant from the OVC to fund the launch of a Youth Advocacy Corps,” Morales said. “We’re partnering with five universities throughout the U.S. to develop and launch a fellowship for marginalized undergraduate students to become trained as victim advocates and do a year-long paid placement in a community agency as a victim advocate. My role is program manager, so I’ll be in charge of running that for the next three years.”

She will not let her busy schedule prevent her from continuing to lobby for political change, Morales said. Though none of the bills Morales and SAYSN have advocated for around sexual violence survivors passed, she has not given up on making legislative changes for survivors of sexual violence.

“Unfortunately none of the bills that we were advocating for on behalf of sexual violence survivors made it any farther than the Senate Judiciary Committee,” Morales said. “I think that our next step is really interrogating why the Senate Judiciary Committee seems to be the stopping point for a lot of the bills that support survivors in New Mexico.”

During her time at UNM, Morales has had the opportunity to conduct her own research with faculty support. This experience,

Morales said, has been valuable to her and has changed some of her ideas about advocacy.

“The highlights of having been at UNM are the people that I’ve had the chance to work with and meet,” Morales said. “A lot of my undergraduate research has been done with faculty mentors, and as I get ready to graduate and move on, I’m really thankful for all the guidance, and mentorship, and their facilitation of my entering into the world of research and seeing research as a type of victim advocacy or as an extension of the advocacy work that I’ve done.”

Morales said her experiences at UNM have been rewarding and she hopes that others can find inspiration in her advocacy for survivors and work on their own passion projects.

“I’m happy to have made an impact and hopefully help other students in the future make an impact,” Morales said.

Detroit Kallunki is a senior reporter with the Daily Lobo. They can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @DailyLobo.

Graduate receives Fulbright to teach English overseas

By Jordyn Bachmann @DailyLobo

Graduating summa cum laude with a recently acquired prestigious scholarship under her belt, Charlotte Gates received the Fulbright Scholarship and has an even longer list of honors to her name.

Gates served as the German Club president, UNM Presidential Scholar, two-year Limina: UNM Nonfiction Review editor, Conceptions Southwest staff member and a Greek Honor Society member with both Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.

Gates also completed a nonfiction honors English thesis to cap off her senior year. She will graduate with a degree in English and German with a minor in Honors Interdisciplinary Arts. Throughout her education at UNM, she said she has been rooted in the German community, not just because of her study of the language.

“When I started studying German at UNM, I didn’t even know if I wanted it to be my minor,” Gates said. “I started out just thinking, ‘Okay, I learned this language in high school, I should keep doing it because otherwise what’s the point of doing it for four years?’

Once I got to UNM … I immediately noticed how friendly the entire faculty was.”

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides international study, research and teaching opportunities to students and young professionals. The program rewards under 2,000 scholarships annually worldwide. Gates’ personal scholarship is a yearlong program in Germany, teaching English as a second language, according to UNM’s Fulbright Website.

Last year, Gates said she studied for six months in Heidelberg, Germany and jumped at the opportunity to return to the country with Fulbright after her experience.

“Prior to leaving (for the exchange), I had thought about the Fulbright potentially … but I definitely wasn’t settled,” Gates said. “I didn’t know what I was doing, and then after having that experience of doing an exchange program, I realized ‘Okay, yeah, I’m all in on this.’”

Associate German professor, Katja Schröter, who has worked with Gates during her undergraduate career, attested to the quality of her character.

“What I really like about Charlotte is her “joie de vivre” or “Lebensfreude” and the enthusiasm she brings to everything. I think she’s very inspiring to other

students and she’s always very upbeat,” Schröter said. English has no direct translation for these phrases, but the closest is “soulfulness” or “vitality.”

In the midst of her bilingual pursuits, Gates also completed a creative nonfiction honors English thesis, directed by English nonfiction professor, Greg Martin.

“(Her thesis) explores really difficult, hard truths … and it’s really unflinching,” Martin said. “I think the thing that was remarkable to me was that she would give me 20 pages … and I would say, ‘Do you think you could maybe go deeper than this?’ and each time she’d come back, and it would be transformed and she would go deeper and really explore things that she’d been thinking about (for years).”

In the classroom, Martin said it was a pleasure it was to have her as a writing student.

“She’s so warm and she’s so kind,” Martin said. “She is the person to say the thing in class to the student that is underconfident that’ll make their day … and she’ll mean it. She brings that kindness and warmth into (her thesis).”

Charlotte said her future pursuits are best summed up by her own words:

“I’m not satisfied.”

Gates plans to pursue a mas-

ter’s degree in the coming years, but wants to fulfill her Fulbright exchange and attend the rigorous German summer school hosted here in New Mexico before making any decisions — deciding to go with the flow rather than walk a strict path.

“Charlotte just needs to keep doing what she’s doing,” Martin said. “There’s some students that actually need my advice … but

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Abrianna Morales is a graduating senior who is double majoring in psychology and criminology, and created the campus group Sexual Assault Youth Support Network. She poses by the Duck Pond on Friday, May 5.

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Charlotte Gates is a Fulbright Scholar graduating this semester with a major in German and English. She poses by the Duck Pond on Thursday, May 5.

Charlotte isn’t one of them.”

UNM graduate celebrates culture through journalism

By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite

“The biggest thing about being a journalist is staying true to who you are,” Junko Featherston, a graduating senior in the communications & journalism department, said.

Featherston will graduate from the University of New Mexico with a 4.2 GPA and a degree in multimedia journalism with a minor in Japanese. While in school she interned at New Mexico PBS for producer Lou DiVizio.

She said her time in the communication & journalism department has allowed her to learn and connect with her Okinawan culture after she had previously identified as half-Japanese.

“In reality, I’m half Okinawan, which is the southernmost island of Japan. And, the Okinawan people, they’re a completely different race of people, ethnically. They have their own language, they have their own religion, it’s its own place,” Featherston said. “And I didn’t realize the importance of that until I started researching my own culture through the C&J department.”

Her recent travels have also allowed her to further connect with her identity. On a trip to Hawaii, she began to have conversations, with Japanese people residing there, about Okinawan culture and history. This past January, Featherston traveled to the Ryukyu Islands.

On her trip, she got Hajichi tattoos, which are traditionally worn and done by Okinawan women, including Featherston’s grandmother and great-grandmother. When Japan invaded the Ryukyu Islands, the practice was banned. Many Okinawan people were killed by Japan and the United States, during World War II in Japans efforts to erase the Ryukyuan identity, and forced assimilation.

“One of the biggest lessons I learned was connecting with my

culture and being able to proudly and confidently say what my culture is all about,” Featherston said.

In the C&J department, she wrote and filmed a story about Okinawan dance. In her work, she talks about her experience as she practiced the traditional Yotsutake dance for the first time and spoke with the Okinawa, Kenjinkai studio owner and other Okinawans in the state about keeping their culture alive through dance.

“I did the Yotsutake dance, which is basically one of the most traditional Okinawan dances. I was able to talk with the leader at the Okinawa, Kenjinkai here in New Mexico and I didn’t even know we had a group of Okinawan people here in New Mexico. So, just being able to do that as a class project really opened my eyes to what’s out there,” Featherston said.

Learning about her Okinawan indigeneity, Featherson said, has also translated to reporting she has done on indigenous communities in New Mexico, providing her perspective and understanding.

“They have their own land. Indigenous people are on their land. That’s their land, and then Americans came and colonized. And that’s how it is with Japan, to Okinawa,” Featherston said. “Finding that sympathy and being able to put that in my reporting and making sure that people are accurately identifying what they need to be identifying as, and just being proud of your own culture and being proud of where you come from.”

She first delved into journalism when she joined “Generation: Justice,” a program for New Mexico students to produce a weekly broadcast show on KUNM, a public radio station. Along with the C&J department and working for PBS, Featherston said she has found community and support in journalism.

“I’ve been writing scripts for “New Mexico in Focus,” “¡Colores!” and “Our Land.” And it’s amazing to see these professionals around

me help me with my writing, and it’s good to have also that sense of community,” Featherston said.

Kana Featherston, Junko Featherstons’s sister, said that watching her has been inspiring and also taught her a lot about her identity.

“She’s just really intelligent … and she’s really brought a lot of light to showing us the indigenous side of the Okinawan people, which we didn’t know too much about until Junko started learning about it. So, she just has so much endless knowledge about Japanese culture and Okinawan culture,” Kana Featherston said. “You’ll definitely learn something new from Junko if you were to even just have five minutes of conversation with her.”

Junko Featherston said that her family has been a big support for her during her time at UNM, especially her mother who she traveled to Okinawa with, “just seeing her happy and seeing her be proud of me makes me want to excel even further,” she said.

“You find the truth and then you seek the truth,” Junko Featherston said. “ I feel like that’s the goal for a lot of young journalists right now, is to be able to deliver that truth in your own personal truth. For me, the C&J department has been a way for me to connect with my culture.”

Maddie Pukite is the editor-inchief at the Daily Lobo. They can be contacted at editorincheif@ dailylobo.com on Twitter @maddogpukite

Annya Loya / Daily Lobo / @annyaloyadl Junko Featherson, an upcoming graduate in the UNM journalism department, posing in front of the Communications & Journalism building on Friday, May 5.

Alex Maggs aces his senior year

By Thomas Bulger @ThomasBulger10

Four years ago, Alex Maggs found himself in the desert, 4,888 miles away from his home in Birmingham, England. Since then, Maggs has grown as a tennis player and a student. He finished the season on the all-conference team for his play in the doubles matches and is graduating with a GPA of 4.06.

Maggs first picked up a tennis racket when he was five years old in an after-school program. He said he tried many different activities, but it was tennis that stuck with him.

“Both of my parents worked so they couldn’t come pick me up straight after school, so there were these extracurricular after-school clubs, and I did different stuff every day … Tennis was the one I would do every week and I really enjoyed it,” Maggs said.

In the fall, Albuquerque hosted a M15 tournament from the International Tennis Federation’s World Tennis Tour. Maggs participated as a wildcard because UNM

hosted the event. Maggs went on to win the doubles section tournament. It was his first professional title as a player, but winning exceeded his own expectations of what he was capable of.

“That was amazing for me,” Maggs said. “That is now one of my greatest memories in tennis so far … in the beginning of the week I did not expect to win it, I was hoping to get some points on the board and get on the world rankings, but definitely didn’t expect to win it … I guess with that mindset and mentality we ended up playing the best match we’ve ever played, probably the best match I’ve ever played.”

The tournament victory opened up more opportunities for Maggs, and he will continue to try to play professionally but plans to be around tennis no matter what.

“Since winning the M15, my mindset has changed and I want to play more tennis,” Maggs said.

“I saw that it was possible to compete in those tournaments and be able to do well in them … The short-term plan is to keep playing professionally as long as I can.

After that I would like to work in

sports — in tennis in some aspect.”

With a 4.06 GPA, Maggs credited his dedication to his parents who pushed him to not neglect his education while still being dedicated to the sport.

“In high school it was a bit of a struggle for me, I won’t lie. I did really well until I was 16 then those last two years I kind of let it slip … For me, I always want to do well in everything I do,” Maggs said. “I wanted to get good grades for myself and also for my parents and my family because they sent me halfway across the world and spent money for me. I wanted to make them proud.”

In high school he started to get scouted by universities, but he came to Albuquerque because of connections made during a tournament.

“The head coach (of UNM) at the time was English, and I met him in the summer, when I was 16, and I actually played against him in a doubles match. There is this tournament every single summer where you represent the country and region that you’re from. So I got to play against him and an actual Lobo, one of his players that was from the same

area,” Maggs said. “I lost the match but he obviously thought I was decent enough.”

Head coach, Chris Russell, commented on Maggs’ growth as a tennis player and as a person.

“Alex has become a very valuable part of what we are trying to become on the court,” Russell said. “His singles improved significantly with an 8-1 team season record. In doubles he was all-conference. He has become an incredible influence on the rest of the team with his mature, positive approach. He is a very hard worker as well.”

Russell also said that Maggs has been invaluable to the team’s culture. He and the team will try to get Maggs to stay after graduation and use his extra year of eligibility that was granted to student athletes who were in college during the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020.

“As for his effect on our culture, I have not had a team member who leads as well as he has in my 30-plus years of coaching college tennis. He has been a tremendous liaison between the coaches and the team. He shows up every day ready to try and get better. In the process, he brings others up. With-

out his presence and leadership there is no way we would be where we are today,” Russell said.

Maggs said travel is a big part of his life, and he wants to go to Machu Picchu, as well as Singapore — his father’s birthplace. He said he won’t turn down any adventures and wants to see the whole world. Outside of tennis, Maggs enjoys other sports such as basketball.

Maggs said he would have told his younger selt to make the most of everything.

“I would probably tell myself to make the most out of everything, even the bad experiences,” Maggs said. “Don’t let them freak you out too much. Remember them and use them to learn … Things have gotten a lot better for me over time — things were rough at the start for tennis and stuff. Just stay patient, stay resilient, keep working. Enjoy every moment because it’s gone by so fast.”

Thomas Bulger is the sports editor for the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @thomasbulger10

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Alex Maggs is a senior graduating with a degree in business administration and plays for UNM Men’s tennis team. He was given flowers by teammates when he was recognized as a senior on Saturday, April 22.

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Lobo editor dedicates college career to truth-seeking

By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite

Attending the University of New Mexico as an international student from Juárez, Mexico, Annya Loya Orduno graduates as an awardwinning reporter who has already played an active role and left an impact in New Mexico journalism.

Loya Orduno served as the news editor for the Daily Lobo, interned at the Las Cruces Sun-News and will now go on to work as a journalist for the Deming Headlight through the New Mexico News Fund fellowship.

Writing and taking pictures since she was a kid, Loya Orduno will graduate from UNM, with a degree in mass communica-

tions and journalism and a minor in French.

“It made me so happy … to be able to test myself further as a reporter and continue serving the community that has been nothing but welcoming towards me, and especially making my parents proud because they have given so much for me to be able to be here,” Loya Orduno said.

Loya Orduno was selected as this year’s recipient of the Hank Trewhitt Award for her reporting, awarded by the Daily Lobo Alumni. One piece she submitted, and a story she said stands out to her, was entitled, “Fetishization’s Negative Effects on Women of Color.” She said working on it felt very close to her and it was powerful to cover.

“That was such an impactful article for me because I know that I’ve

been through similar experiences … It’s one of my favorite articles because of how powerful it was to write about it,” Loya Orduno said.

The Hank Trewhitt Award, Loya Orduno said, was rewarding after working for the Daily Lobo since her freshman year.

“Being recognized for my efforts here and winning that award felt so good. It was all very reassuring that I’m doing a good job and I’m going to do an even greater job. I’m going to continue working hard and I’ll be making myself proud,” Loya Orduno said.

Gwyneth Donald, a faculty member in the journalism department, and program manager for the NM Local News Fund, said that when they selected Loya Orduno for the fellowship, her experience in reporting proved her to be a

good investment for the field in the state.

“I think she’s brave and curious and tenacious,” Donald said. “And those are three awesome qualities for journalists … I was impressed that she had never gotten sidetracked since I’ve known her from what she wanted to do. She’s focused.”

Her interest in journalism first sparked in a high school journalism class, which she felt fostered her love of writing while also challenging her to research, understand and report on a variety of topics.

“I took that class and I saw that this is something you can actually do with your life,” Loya Orduno said.

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UNM senior leaves a legacy with student publications

By Jordyn Bachmann @DailyLobo

During his four years as an undergraduate, John Scott has played a large role in the beating heart that is UNM student publications. He served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Lobo, while he simultaneously worked as the digital editor of Scribendi, an editor of Limina: UNM Nonfiction Review and an artist and creator outside of his studies.

“I started (working at the Daily Lobo) back in fall 2020, and I just applied on a whim,” Scott said. “I had received my camera as a gift from my sister the year before, and I was looking for a way to get experience taking photos.”

Scott initially started as a pho -

tographer for the Daily Lobo , and worked his way up to managing editor, and then took on editor-in-chief.

“When I was managing editor, it was assumed I’d be the one to apply (to be editor-in-chief) and get it, so I applied … but this was around the same time I had been considering applying to be an editor of Scribendi,” Scott said.

The pull of each position made him indecisive for a moment, due to his commitment to the Daily Lobo and his passion for Scribendi

“I consider myself an artist first,” Scott said. “That first year (on Scribendi) was more important for me as a creator, interacting so heavily with other people’s creations and artwork, not only to help me improve what I was doing, but also to help me become more pas-

sionate about art in general.”

Being surrounded by people who shared his passions made applying to be a Scribendi editor an easy decision, Scott said.

This past April, Scribendi published their new issue. It features 41 contributors’ creative pieces, varied lines and textures, and a pink and beige duotone cover designed by Scott, according to Amaris Ketcham, faculty advisor for Scribendi and associate professor at the UNM Honors College.

“John has always been such a pleasure to work with,” Ketcham said. “I really appreciate the high standards that he has when it comes to looking at art and literature … (He looks at) how student art can become elevated to the level of these writers and directors that he loves … It’s really refreshing.”

As of May 1, Scott has officially passed the editor-in-chief position at the Daily Lobo onto his previous managing editor, Maddie Pukite. The two have worked alongside one another this past year, growing close both professionally and personally. As the baton is passed, Pukite reflected on the past year.

“Prior to this year as managing editor, I had never really worked with John in any face-to-face capacity,” Pukite said. “His willingness to communicate and be patient and let people go at their own pace, but also push themselves to be the editor/reporter they know they can be is something John has done really well this year.”

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Zara Roy graduates with a pen in hand

By Annya Loya @annyaloya

Like millions of college students, Zara Roy began her first year of college during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. She said this time it was also the start of something bigger, or the realization of it.

Roy, a psychology major, initially considered a career in clinical psychology until she said she realized that wasn’t what she was meant to do. During her time at the University of New Mexico, she found that she already had something she loved but just hadn’t realized yet.

“I always took it for granted that I was a good writer,” Roy said. “It’s

something that has always been told to me and I’m like, ‘Okay, whatever.’ It got me through English classes and then getting into college. I just realized that the classes that I loved the most were the ones that I got to write in, in any capacity.”

Roy started to explore her writing through Limina, the premiere nonfiction student review of UNM. Despite her first meetings being over Zoom, she said she found a community that understood her.

“It was all over Zoom, which was weird, but I guess most of my relationships (were) over Zoom that year. It felt good to have a group that I could really get closer with,” Roy said.

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While she felt comfortable in Limina from the beginning, Roy said she hadn’t fully considered writing as a career path until she was asked to edit content for the first time.

“It was the first time I really felt like I was trusted as an adult or as a person with taste to evaluate pieces of work and writing, and see what I liked and what I didn’t like. And it made me feel like I was good at it, and I could get better at it,” Roy said.

For her own writing, Roy prefers to “go for a more, sort of punchy, fast-paced style,” and to get to the point of her story. Playwriting has become her favorite style and developed into a career path. She also

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said that romance is her favorite topic to write about, however, not the traditional kind.

“I’ve always had a strange relationship with love and I like stories that portray the weirdness of romance,” Roy said.

Roy served as the 2022-2023 Editor-in-Chief of Limina during her senior year after serving as the managing editor her junior year. EIC was a role that she said despite feeling like she was thrown into, it allowed her to rise to the occasion.

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Mackenzie Schwartz / Daily Lobo / @artkenzie Former Daily Lobo News Editor graduates with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication and a minor in French. She poses in front of Mitchell Hall on Thursday, May 4.

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Gong graduates after deep campus involvement

By Miyawni Curtis @MiyawniCurtis

The University of New Mexico has 425 clubs — Giovanna Gong has played a prominent role in several during her time at UNM.

Gong, a first generation college student, will graduate with a degree in international studies with a concentration in peacekeeping and diplomacy, as well as a minor in teaching English as a second language.

Gong said the clubs and organizations on campus she was involved with were a highlight of her college experience, and provided her opportunities to meet new people at UNM.

“When I step into a new community, I want to get as plugged in as possible … and find things where I feel like my talents are served,” Gong said.

She was a part of Something Major A Cappella, the acappella group on campus, for four years. Music was something that initially drew her to UNM while visiting campus for All-State Choir when she was younger.

“I remember coming to UNM and remembering how beautiful the campus was,” Gong said. “I always loved to sing.”

Gong also served for three years as a Residents Advisor for Resident Life and Student Housing and said that it played a large role in her experience at UNM.

“That’s where I met a lot of my friends that I have lifelong bonds with, and all of us decided to be RA’s because we all loved living on campus,” Gong said.

Leon Vigil — a Hall Coordinator when Gong lived at Hokona Hall as an RA — said that her energy is infectious.

“One of the things that I love about Gi Gi most is her energy. She just has this beautiful energy about her and I think it’s contagious,” Vigil said.

Gong and her family migrated to the United States from Hong Kong, China when she was six years old. But, after shes spent most of her life in New Mexico, Gong considers the state her home.

While in highschool, Gong also worked at her family’s restaurant in Farmington. She said that her education was a priority for her and her family, but her role as the oldest sibling, and first gen student are also an integral part to her identity.

“My parents always really valued academics over everything for both me and my siblings, but it was difficult when I was growing up, having to help out at the restaurant and also take care of my siblings, and still focus on school,” Gong said.

Her family ties influenced her to stay in New Mexico for school, Gong said. She started at San Juan Community College and made her way to being a Lobo. She said she wanted her younger siblings to see her grow and to be an example for them.

Being a part of different communities at UNM allowed Gong to bond with other students, which ultimately helped her get through the pandemic and cope with her mental health in college.

Gong is graduating late due to mental health struggles she had early in the pandemic, having dealth with a new situation, and the pressure from society and her family because she is considered a non-traditional student. She endured a year of major depression.

“I really struggled keeping up with my academics. I really struggled keeping up with my mental health,” Gong said.

During that time, she said she also learned that she has ADHD and the loss of structure during the pandemic made it difficult.

“I’m not ashamed of it. I think it’s another great way for me to just be vulnerable with other people because there is a little bit of a stigma about not following a four year plan,” Gong said.

While she said she did have lot of guilt and shame at first, she learned that everyone’s path is different and to work through obstacles.

“I didn’t think that I would take so long to graduate from college, but all that matters is that I am graduating and I am making it. I had an extra year at UNM and I really enjoyed it,” Gong said.

Gong also worked with UNM Food for three years. She started as a social media marketing intern and is now the event planner. She said that her involvement on campus — including serving as the 2020 UNM Homecoming Queen — made her become the leader she is today.

“If I had any advice for any incoming students, even first year students, is to find what you’re interested in, go to all the club meetings, get involved in organizations, and just take the first step into connecting with a community because I feel like that was a huge part of my success and my enjoyment,” Gong said.

Her future goals consist of working in foreign relations as a service officer and working with local New Mexico non-profit organizations for refugees, Gong said. For now she wants to stay in the US, but could have a possible future in the Peace Corps.

“I am excited for my family to come to graduation next week and see me walk at graduation. They’re really proud and I’m happy that I made it,” Gong said.

Miyawni Curtis is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @MiyawniCurtis

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Evelyn Fleming-Cavit

Alicia Gallegos

Myranda Gonzales

Huong Grover

Chelsea Hogan

Juli Kittrell

Noah Madrid

Sarah Pagano

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Shannan Rael

Ludmila Santiago

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Katrina Dignum

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Julia Rodriguez

Samantha Sena

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Alexander St Charles

Cori Walker

Nathaniel Walter

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Aldo Jurado

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Emily Mensay

Abigail Taylor

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Brandon Durr

Nic Estrada

Anya Hammond

Hannah Harlow

Peter Jones

Sophia Jones

Roah Khweis

Genea Kiesling

Joshua LaFayette

Charles Leaton

Erika Macsaveny

Thomas Martinez

Nicholas Mascarenas

Maryna Mathews

Martin Melendrez

Jackson Mills

Alexis Montoya

Paul Montoya

Ayami Nakanishi

Alejandro Orozco

Andres Perez

Alexis Pierce

Karla Poblano-Rodriguez

Alexander Pulido

Andrew Schumann

Desiree Sedillo

Danger Varoz

Miranda Velarde

Nathaniel Walter

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Gabrielle Aguilar

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Michael Bergamo

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Veronica Bruder

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Josie Carpenter

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Areli Cervantes

Jade Charles

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Velanie Chavez

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Victoria Cooper

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Lucinda DeNatale

Matthew Dillard

Madison Dilley

Eusabio Dominguez

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Ashley Espinoza-Lopez

Bonita Ferus-Ivanis

Adrian Flores

Josette Ford

Cassandra Francisco

Maria Gabaldon-Parish

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John Ringer

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We have a collection of about a dozen original songs as well as several professionally produced recordings that have an overall folk-rock or Americana sound, with pop and country influences.

Our lyrics are spiritually centered with non-partisan political themes, including anti-authoritarian, anti-war, anti-technocracy, and conspiracies Classic liberals, libertarians, and conservatives will identify with our values.

If you are interested in an audition in May or June, please respond by email to brian@roundhousewriting.com.

If you have links to audio samples of your past work, please include them in your email message.

T he DAILY LOBO is hiring students NOW!

Freelance Reporter

Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for writing stories as assigned by Daily Lobo desk editors (news, culture, sports).

Required Knowledge, Skill and/or Abilities: Communication skills.

Preferred Knowledge, Skill and/or Abilities: Writing and reporting skills.

Freelance Photographer

Duties and Responsibilities: Take photographs to illustrate stories in the Daily Lobo

Required Knowledge, Skill and/or Abilities: Knowledge of digital photography. Communication skills.

Preferred Knowledge, Skill and/or Abilities: Knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop.

Advertising Intern

Duties and Responsibilities: Sell display advertising for the Daily Lobo newspaper. Establish relationships with clients, contact and maintain accounts, and serve as a general marketing specialist for a variety of businesses. Communicate professionally with clients over the phone, e-mail, and in person. Seek out new clients to advertise with the Daily Lobo. Create advertising proposals for current and prospective clients. Working with clients, design thumbnails of ads to be created by advertising production staff. Schedule ads in accounting software. Handle payment transactions, including entering transactions in acccounting software and submitting cash and checks to the accounting office. Input client information and contacts into accounting software. Proof ads on a daily basis.

Required Knowledge, Skill and/or Abilities: Good customer service skills. Experience in sales. Must exhibit strong organizational and communication skills, both oral and written.

Preferred Knowledge, Skill and/or Abilities: Proficiency in Word and Excel. Experience in a deadline situation.

For more information, call 505-277-5656.

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