Ariela Parisi is an international grad student from Argentina. She is doing her Ph.D. at the Spanish and Portuguese department and is learning Portuguese as well. Ariela’s research project studies the intersection between Memory Studies and Speculative Fiction in the Southern Cone and Brazil. Ariela is particularly interested in the representation of Human Rights violations in Science Fiction, and Horror stories and movies. At Rutgers she also teaches Spanish as a Second Language, Spanish for Community Engagement, and Introduction to Latin American Literature. Ariela loves organizing events for the S&P department so her students can have the chance to learn from international speakers, professors, and activists from Latin America. She also enjoys getting involved with the Latinx Community of New Brunswick, and she and her students have done volunteer work at several nonprofits from their neighborhood. Ariela is looking forward to meeting other Latinx students from different fields and collaborating with them to keep bringing the community and Rutgers together.
Ariela’s Mentoring Project
This mentoring project is designed to be an affinity group and community engagement project for Latinx students. The project aims to bring together the Latinx community of New Brunswick and Rutgers students. Also, this project is conceived as a space to provide insight and support to students interested in working with community engagement, social change, and/or community-based research. Students will be able to share their academic challenges, achievements, and find guidance and encouragement not only from the mentor but fundamentally from their peers. The main goal of this project is to create a system of support within those who share a similar experience and background and commit to create meaningful interchanges between Rutgers and the community.