A Series of Firsts: Who Am I?

A Series of Firsts: Who Am I?

LU Wolf and I in front of the West Quad. October 2017. Go ‘Blers!

Hello, everybody! My name is Francesca Marchese González, and I am an international student from Guatemala. I am one of the new bloggers for Undergraduate Admissions Office, and I am really excited to share a little bit about my Loyola experience with you! Before getting into the logistics of this post, I’ll tell you a little bit about me and how I came to be at Loyola.

Like I said, I am an international student from Guatemala, and I am also Italian. I was born and raised in Guatemala, but my family and I really LOVE traveling, so we have been to different places in Europe, North America, and South America together. My favorite food is pasta, and a fun fact about me is that I know 3 and a half languages.

This is my second year studying at Loyola, and I’m trying to major in Global & International Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies, with a Minor in French Language and Literature. I am planning to study abroad in the future, whether that be at the Rome Center or in a French-speaking country. On-campus, I am part of a couple of organizations, like Womxn in Leadership Loyola and LUCES. I am also part of Global Engagement Programs, as the Chai & Chat facilitator. These are all spaces in which different perspectives are shared, in which learning is promoted and where we can all strive to be the best version of ourselves. And I feel like these organizations and programs have enhanced my experience at Loyola. I am an avid believer in that different perspectives have to be shared in order to get the bigger picture of something, so that if a single perspective is not the most popular, it still plays an important role in understand a community, like that which we have here at Loyola. And that’s what I am going to try to do through my posts: share with you a different perspective of Loyola.

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