Hi everyone! My name is Jade Pimentel, I use she/her pronouns, and I am a liberal arts major. I am hoping to, later on, get a degree in Zoology and become a zoologist. I like to draw, sing, watch shows/movies, and talk to my friends on the phone. I like taking up a lot of different hobbies. I don’t like when people are rude to me or when I order a package, and it never gets delivered!! (recently happened to me). I am from New York City, but my family is from the Dominican Republic. I value loyalty and truthfulness, I am a believer in God, and I hope to have a good home, marriage, and family in the future. I am interested in creating stories with my friends, and I play a lot on my Nintendo Switch, especially Animal Crossing. My friends and I make a lot of alternate universes while playing D&D, and we learn a lot of new things because most of these things require a lot of research! We spent a lot of time doing improv scenes, and we were all in the Drama Club in our high school.

I’ve started a new hobby, Doll Customization, and I’ve spent a lot of money buying materials. I’m glad I receive the support I need from my family and friends, even though they complain that I change hobbies a lot and never stick to one. I hope to stick to this one, though; I’m in too deep! I hope to make a doll series with these superheroes based on my friends and me and the rainbow spectrum.

I am taking this course because it is a requirement for my degree, but I hope I learn a lot in this class. I’m not sure of many topics to cover, but I hope we watch exciting movies that explain different aspects of this class. Currently, I’m obsessing over Disney’s Encanto. I’ll add a bit of Encanto and how it connects with our Hispanic/Latinx heritage. I think it’d be great to watch in class since it is a matriarchal family, and the women are in control in the town. The men take the last names, surrounded by the women in the family. It’s fascinating, and I hope we get to see it in class. In this movie, Disney explored different approaches in the Latinx/Hispanic community, especially when they learned that the women are in control and not the men.

Hi everyone!

My name is Paulina Gonzalez, and my pronouns are she/her. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and moved here to NYC in 2013 with my mom, just after my 12th birthday. If you’ve ever seen Gilmore Girls, the relationship between Lorelai and Rory is very similar to the one I have with my mom. If you have no idea what I’m talking about (I don’t blame you) – that just means that my mom and I are very close, and sometimes it’s almost as though I’m her mom. She can be a little childish. Then again, so can I.

I enjoy writing stories (truthfully, a lot of self indulgent romance), acting and improvising bits with my friends, as well as drawing and designing miscellaneous things that I think are cute. I’m a liberal arts major – I went to a visual arts high school, but honestly, I have no clue what I want to do, career-wise. I’m sure I’m not alone.

I’m also interested in fashion (my current obsessions are layered scoop-neck milkmaid tops and miniskirts – I also can’t get enough of furry cuffs!), animals (dogs, hedgehogs and birds have a special place in my heart, but it’s big enough for all kinds of furry – or not furry – friends!), and have a huge sweet tooth. Hate cupcakes, though – they’re always 75% frosting! Why not just give me a muffin, y’know? I love muffins. Cranberry-orange ones are amazing, you should try them at least once. Unless you’re allergic, of course. The other day, I tried some cinnamon coffee cake muffins for the first time, and they just blew me away. I think everyone deserves to be blown away by food, by every aspect of life. Everyone deserves to indulge. Life is too short not to.

I’m really looking forward to this class. I’ve always wanted to take it, so I’m glad that I finally have the opportunity. I would love to learn more about the concept of gender and women’s history within different cultures, through an intersectional lens! I’m very excited to get to know my classmates, too. I hope this will be a good semester for everybody! Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this. :o)