Hi! I’m Tristan, I’m a sophomore and I plan to major in Spanish and minor in CSD. I sing in the Chorus and two a cappella groups here, and I live in the Spanish Suite over in Luce. I work in APEX as a Global Envoy for Off-Campus Studies.

I’m taking this class because I think the abuse that Latin American has sustained from colonial powers should be much more well known than it is know. I feel that often when we think of colonialism in the “New World”, we forget about the peoples affected outside of the continental US, and I want to do better to expand my knowledge of their history. This summer I’m looking to do a volunteer work exchange in Bolivia for a month, and I hope that this class will give me a better appreciation of the history of the area.