Sanchez’s documentary follows the experiences of her mother and aunt and their path to the United States. The project is something Sanchez has contemplated doing for a long time, and with the combination of the Students Arts Innovation Grant and mentorship through her courses at the Hussman School, she’s now able to bring it to life. The resulting works are meant to infuse Carolina’s campus with creativity.įor Sanchez, that award means being able to obtain better equipment, fund travel to complete her interviews and host a screening once the documentary is complete. Students submit for the grant by pitching proposals for arts-related projects, which they agree to complete within a year of being chosen. Other recipients of this year’s award are a group of students from the global studies department who are launching a digital publication and Daniel Dilliplane, who is creating an interactive and multisensory experience called “Sensing Bodies in Common.” The project is one of three that received the Student Arts Innovation Grant, an annual Arts Everywhere award of $1,000 for select undergraduate and graduate students or $3,000 for a group. The more stories that are told, the more understanding.” “The more that these types of stories are told, the more that it is normalized. “Our country is made up of immigrants, and we’re all from different places,” said Sanchez, a Park Fellow at the Hussman School.
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It’s a story of resilience, but it’s also one full of complexities and nuances that are often bypassed when discussing immigration.Īs a journalist and a graduate student at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Sanchez is using her developing video skills to share her family’s story in a documentary that she hopes will further the discussion of how the stories of immigrants and refugees are told. The family’s story is not unlike those shared by many immigrants and refugees around the world. The Nicaraguan Revolution forced the other side of her family to later immigrate farther north to Mexico, and they ultimately crossed into the United States for better opportunities. Her grandmother was first forced to leave Europe for Central America during World War II, fleeing persecution for being Jewish. Sanchez’s family has taken to get to the United States has been anything but a direct path. Athletics Display Sub Menu for Athletics.Life at Carolina Display Sub Menu for Life at Carolina.Gillings School of Global Public Health.Online and Distance Education Opens in new site.Academics Display Sub Menu for Academics.Campaign for Carolina Opens in new site.News and Updates Display Sub Menu for News and Updates.Branding and Identity Guidelines Opens in new site.About the University Display Sub Menu for About the University.
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