Exploring Identity Through Internationalization
The CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice in collaboration with Global-Local Affairs presents a session featuring the evolution of student participation in international education at LMU, including Alternative Breaks and global immersions. It will highlight how several faculty and
staff have intentionally engaged in efforts to promote student diversity in experiences abroad, and encourage students to explore other cultures, while also reflecting back on their own communities through a new lens. The main portion of the session features alumni who participated in these programs who offer reflections and lessons learned for their formation as people with and for others.
Speakers include:
-Isaac Cardenas '20 MA ‘25, Center for the Study of Los Angeles Student Participant
-Megan Castillo '19, Global Immersions Student Participant
-Deanna Cooke, Director Engaged Learning and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, LMU (Moderator)
-Jorge Cortes, Research Coordinator, Center for the Study of Los Angeles, LMU
-Patrick Furlong, Director, Pam Rector Center for Service and Action, LMU
-Carlos Rodriguez '11, Alternative Breaks Student Participant