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Looking around Truszkowska??s room—walls adorned with colorful hangings, a bright red “kurta,” or traditional Nepalese dress, hanging from her closet, and a humidifier in the corner to recreate a “tropical climate” reminiscent of Costa Rica—it’s difficult to see how she keeps the travel bug under control during the school year. But Truszkowska busies herself with her interest in women’s issues...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Globetrotter | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...Truszkowska, who comes from a multi-ethnic Polish-Mexican background and only began learning English when she was six, such a thesis offers ample opportunity for personal reflection. Indeed, Ira Jewell Williams, Jr. professor of Romance Languages and Literature Doris Sommer, also Truszkowska??s Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship mentor, notes as much in an e-mail. “Along with her sheer intelligence, Natalia’s complex cultural background… stimulate her mental and social agility,” she writes...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Globetrotter | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

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