Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz is senior at UCLA pursing Comparative Literature Departmental Honors and College Honors. Her degree is concentrated in Comparative Literature (emphasizing in English, Spanish, and Chicana Literature), Chicana/o Studies, Cultural History, and Film. As a Mellon Mays Fellow, her research areas are Film Studies, Cultural History, and Women’s narratives. She currently is working on her thesis: Winning Over Hearts and Minds with Nostalgia. Focusing on Cuba, Priscilla is studying films and texts from post-revolutionary Cuba to critically analyze how these authors create a discourse through representations of Nostalgia. She is also currently working on a short documentary project on loving again after a breakup. During her time at UCLA, Priscilla has participated in Student Media as well as research, serving as La Gente’s Editor in Chief from 2008 to 2009. She was an exchange student at the University of Kent in England for a semester, studying Cultural History, Museum Studies, and World Literature. Priscilla wishes to pursue graduate study in literature and film as well as continue writing for local publications. She is also interested in working with youth to utilize the formats of documentary film and journalism to convey their experiences. Priscilla grew up in Santa Ana with her mother Arcelia and two sisters Araceli and Angelica, all of who have provided moral support in her academic and personal endeavors.