Alma Anahi Alvarado

Alma Alvarado is a 4th year undergraduate double majoring in Anthropology and Spanish. She was born and raised in Durango, Mexico, but has lived for the past 9 years in California. As an undergraduate scholar she is studying the autobiographical texts along with one novel of the authors Sandra Cisneros and Reyna Grande. She is constructing a framework of the formation of identity and highlight the importance of both—autobiographical work and literature influenced by personal experience. Following her graduation from UCLA, Alma is interested in attending graduate school and ultimately become an educator and an academic.