There are many reasons that draw me towards wanting to attend the Cuba International Field Program this summer. Firstly, it would provide an extremely rare opportunity and experience, especially for a global studies undergrad such as myself, in an advanced graduate research study. Secondly, the fact that I would have the ability to go to a country that is an underexplored gold mine and study race relations has been a dream of mine. The issue of race has been something the United States, and the world for that matter, has struggled with for so long. This is a crucial time politically: we are given limited access to Cuba with an unclear climate of international relations between our countries.
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In addition, I have attended a number of lectures and dialogues on race, cultural divides, and diversity that have provided me with the correct terminology to discuss, analyze, and keep up with the demanding nature of the IFP program. The International Field Program is extremely unique: I would take classes with leading Cuban intellectuals, gain an alternative view point on concepts that I gained from the perspective of neoliberalism, and I will share the classes with Cuban students, a rare opportunity that will enrich each lecture. Additionally, I will achieve hands-on experience through visits, workshops, and direct engagement with projects run by Cuban NGOS and CBOs. I will have internships with foreign NGOS working in Cuba. To be accepted as an undergraduate in an advanced research study is a true honor and privilege, and to pass up an chance to capitalize off this venture would be a loss for me and the United States, as the research I would conduct, could influence the smallest change that might solve our nation’s main
As a woman of color from Dallas, Texas, pursuing …show more content…
In addition, I have attended a number of lectures and dialogues on race, cultural divides, and diversity that have provided me with the correct terminology to discuss, analyze, and keep up with the demanding nature of the IFP program. The International Field Program is extremely unique: I would take classes with leading Cuban intellectuals, gain an alternative view point on concepts that I gained from the perspective of neoliberalism, and I will share the classes with Cuban students, a rare opportunity that will enrich each lecture. Additionally, I will achieve hands-on experience through visits, workshops, and direct engagement with projects run by Cuban NGOS and CBOs. I will have internships with foreign NGOS working in Cuba. To be accepted as an undergraduate in an advanced research study is a true honor and privilege, and to pass up an chance to capitalize off this venture would be a loss for me and the United States, as the research I would conduct, could influence the smallest change that might solve our nation’s main