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MELINA AGUILAR
HOMETOWN:
 Ponce, Puerto Rico
HIGH SCHOOL:
 Caribbean School
MAJOR:
 College of Social Science (CSS)
THESIS:
 Latin American Economic Relations with China.
ACTIVITIES:
 I have been a Resident Advisor on campus. I am the coordinator of the Office of Community Service (OCS) Elderly programs, working with the Middletown Senior Citizens and Wesleyan community.  I am currently working on a new OCS program called Wesleyan Language Bank.  I have tutored Middletown elementary school children and assisted in a Spanish Service Learning course.  I am a member of Ajua Campos and other cultural groups on campus.
OUTSIDE
WESLEYAN:
 I was a fellow in the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute in Washington, DC, interning for Congressman Luis Fortuno (now the governor of Puerto Rico). In the Fall of '08, I worked in the Progressive Think Tank: Center for the American Progress. I became very interested in Latin American affairs and the situation for minorities in the U.S., recently doing independent research on both these two issues. I volunteered in the George Washington University Global Language Network, a free language program, where I taught Spanish.  I also traveled to China and taught English to elementary school children.
AFTER
WESLEYAN:
 I would like to pursue my passion for different cultures and working with youth by either working or teaching abroad or working with diverse communities in the United States.
FAV WES EXPERIENCE:
 Exposure to different cultures while learning more about my own has been the most enriching Wesleyan experience as I now seek to work with cultural groups and language initiatives.
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