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Although she grew up in Arizona, where ethnicity and migration are hot political issues, Jessica Roman-Salazar ’12 came to Harvard unsure of how she wanted to incorporate issues of ethnicity and migration into her college coursework...
...attempted to choose a concentration, Roman-Salazar knew that her interests lay in working to help underrepresented ethnic groups. Looking for classes and disciplines that interested her, Roman-Salazar tried out several possible concentrations, including the Latin American Studies track of Romance Languages and Literatures. However, she wasn’t satisfied. Roman-Salazar felt that while the requirements for Latin American Studies focused heavily on the politics and social dynamics within Latin America, she really wanted to study these groups after they had immigrated to the United States...
...Roman-Salazar’s plans for the future include law school and possibly a career in government or advocacy. Either path she chooses will involve efforts to alleviate the ethnic tensions that exist between residents of Mexican descent and Mexican immigrants who have come to the country illegally...
...want to work to meet the needs of these different communities,” says Roman-Salazar. “Although they seem similar, they have different ways of living and are really very different. There are lots of leaders in the community that have not understood the relationships between the different kinds of Mexican and immigrant communities in Arizona...
...says Ruben Toral, head of health care consultancy Mednet Asia and a former group marketing director at Bumrungrad. "These hospitals have a large captive audience and have learned that one way to win customers is to appeal to their stomachs." That's why Bumrungrad already hosts the "Roman-style" Portofino, the Bangla House (serving Bengali, Egyptian and Thai food) and the Au Bon Pain sandwich bar and deli, plus a McDonald's that makes in-house deliveries (hardly a cholesterol-reducing prescription...