SRA Student, Alondra Vázquez López, Announced Rhodes Scholar
Students Rising Above is absolutely delighted to share that SRA Student, Alondra Vázquez López has been selected as a 2021 Rhodes Scholar. Alondra O. Vazquez Lopez is a first-generation student from San Rafael. Alondra is a part of SRA’s Rising Stars program. In her SRA application essay, Alondra wrote, “I realized from an early age that I would be the only one that could fight for my future and decided that an education was the best way to achieve that.” Alondra’s SRA Advisor, Heather MacKenzie, says, “I can’t think of anyone more deserving of the Rhodes–or a better ambassador for our country–than Alondra.”
Yale, where Alondra is a senior, honored this exceptional accomplishment with the following announcement:
“Alondra Vázquez López, of Grace Hopper College, is majoring in ethnicity, race, and migration. Her senior thesis, which includes an exhibition of her own art, explores modern illicit migration corridors in the Americas. She is a founding member and president of an undergraduate chapter of the Estamos Unidos Asylum Project and is an active advocate for undocumented migrants. She also serves as vice president of a nonprofit dedicated to creating portraits for children internationally who have endured significant adversity. Vázquez López, who hails from the San Francisco Bay area of California, worked directly for asylum clients in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, and studied Arabic in Morocco. At Oxford, she will pursue Master of Science degrees in migration studies and in refugee and forced migration studies.”
Check out Alondra’s Rhodes Scholar Bio:
“Alondra Vazquez Lopez, San Rafael, is a senior at Yale College where she majors in Ethnicity, Race and Migration. Her senior thesis, including exhibition of her art, is on Modern Illicit Migration Corridors in the Americas. Alondra has also studied Arabic in Morocco. She is a founding member and president of an undergraduate chapter of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, an active advocate for DACA students, and vice president of a nonprofit dedicated to creating portraits for children internationally who have endured significant adversity. She has also worked directly for asylum clients in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez. Alondra plans to do the M.Sc. in Migration Studies and the M.Sc. in Refuge”
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