Alonzo Ackerman
Alonzo Ackerman’s research project looks at the changes in government discourse towards normalistas, low-income teachers college students from rural Mexico. In more broader terms, his academic interests are social movements and Latin America. Alonzo is a third-year Sociology major at the University of California Los Angeles and transferred from Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA) in 2016. In the last three years Alonzo has volunteered at shelters for migrants and collaborated with non-profit organizations related to migrants’ rights in the US and Mexico. His interest in this kind of work stems from his own experiences growing up in the Tijuana-San Diego border region.
Alonzo Ackerman’s research project looks at the changes in government discourse towards normalistas, low-income teachers college students from rural Mexico. In more broader terms, his academic interests are social movements and Latin America. Alonzo is a third-year Sociology major at the University of California Los Angeles and transferred from Southwestern College (Chula Vista, CA) in 2016. In the last three years Alonzo has volunteered at shelters for migrants and collaborated with non-profit organizations related to migrants’ rights in the US and Mexico. His interest in this kind of work stems from his own experiences growing up in the Tijuana-San Diego border region.