RECUERDOS ANTHOLOGY 1st Edition 2022

generation to succeed by providing our collecti experiences.

INTRODUCTION

Contributing to the project

Share your experience or memories in any way story, a poem, a creative art piece, a photo or p Princeton. Any creative form that represents yo experience is welcome. As this is very broad, we

PRINCETON RECUERDOS 2022

In the planning of this project, we have had the pleasure of meeting legends and trail blazers in the business, social, community, and political arenas. We have heard stories of great fun and good times as well as isolation and despair. The thread that strings through all of these stories is resilience and strength. From the newest alum to our own Old Guard, their experiences feed a collective story of accomplishment that has has a positive impact on the Princeton community and society at large.This Anthology is just the beginning of many more Recuerdos to come! Thanks to everyone that has participated and will participate in the next edition.

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RICARDO DELEON

CLASS OF 1986

JUANA PACHECO CLASS OF 1989

ESSAYS PAGES 5-33

PHOTOS PAGES 34-41

TIMELINE PAGES 42-49

INTERVIEWS PAGE 50

BY THE DECADES PAGE 51

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Ricardo DeLeon '86

WINBERRIE'S

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Ricardo DeLeon '86

Linda Falter '84

HOT WATER, SOAP, AND MILAGROS: HOW I SURVIVED MY FIRST SEMESTER

Linda Falter '84

Linda Falter '84

REUNIONS

Aseneth G. Scott '13

LAST FOLKLORICO SHOW

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EMBRACING MY ROOTS AT PRINCETON

it couldn’t have been further from my mind in the

year concentrating on knocking out non-core credits

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other Cuban parents in secretly sending their childre foster families in the United States via a Church-spon Operacion Pedro Pan. It took Carlos’ mother many ye

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with long prison terms of 20 years, 25

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They eventually reconnected in exile. Lastly, there wa a Sophomore and very energetic. I don’t remember ho was part Cuban, part Colombian or Venezuelan and g Florida. She knew Chris Gueits, a Miami-native on the

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1920s and became a life-long Communist. He was a

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one sibling in his family that stayed in Cuba to never relatives again. A few other folks described how the r

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neighbors in the 1800s and 1900s. Furthermore, Fidel focus on agrarian reform, capital redistribution, and

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This was just one of the

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objectivity and how different Cuba’s reality was from through conversations with Castro. The film was sub had very little distribution.

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thousands of Cubans to realize their human

and with the support of those outside of it. The energ

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PRINCETON RECUERDOS 2022 were few if any legal means of running a private busi frustration for young Cubans was the dual-currency e

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on and they never looked back. The Cottage regulars cheered loudly – they wanted in on this explosive exp

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PRINCETON RECUERDOS 2022engagement with Raices de Esperanza. My initial

perspective” and feeling the need to establish my Cu

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by playing a major role in supporting Juanes’

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concert played before more than 1m Cubans in the Pla This experience was later captured in the documenta

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2022censorship and call for expanded civil and human rig participants were forcibly suppressed and a founding

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PHOTOS

Submitted by Karen Barajas Powell, Class of 2006

PHOTOS

Submitted by Olga Lara, Class of 1981

PHOTOS

Submitted by Olga Lara, Class of 1981

PHOTOS

Submitted by Maia Monet, Class of 1993

PHOTOS

Submitted by Maia Monet, Class of 1993

PHOTOS

Submitted by Maia Monet, Class of 1993

PHOTOS

Submitted by Manuel Del Valle, Class of 1971

PHOTOS

Submitted by Manuel Del Valle, Class of 1971

INTERVIEWS...

These oral histories tell the stories of our individual experiences, in whatever light we chose. It is a place where we can speak freely those experiences we want to share and also to provide teachable moments These stories will be a legacy of all our experiences for generations to come. Click on these links below to hear the first set of interviews recorded as of February 2022.

BY THE DECADES...

In 2021, we convened Latinx alumni for 5 special events to highlight our colleagues by their decade of graduation. We selected co-leads from each decade who would serve a the hosts for these conversations and we gave them a basic framework for the conversation. These turned out to be a phenomenal way to gather people who genuinely wanted to reconnect and share their stories. The came, they laughed, they cried, and they all had one common feature -- their understanding that the Princeton experience formed who they afre today, in a positive way. Click on these links below to hear your decade. In 2022, we have another series already in the works!.