2020Garcia, Joel

Hello Everyone, my name is Joel Garcia, and my pronouns are he/him/his. I am a fourth year History Major and Chicana/o studies minor at UCLA and I transferred from College of the Desert in Palm Desert. I chose to minor in Chicana/o studies because until I arrived at UCLA I had never been exposed to the field, and taking these types of classes allows me to become more comfortable being who I am as a person who feels torn between their Mexican roots and their American life. 

As a History major my field of focus is on the 1960-70s Vietnam war/Civil rights era with an emphasis in music (I know that sounds pretentious), and due to this I am currently working on a book that connects the use of music and social movements in the realm of the American War in Vietnam. I focus on both the race aspects music of the time as well as the cultural influence songs had over protest and vice versa.

I am excited to learn about Chicana Art and Artists because, even though I consider myself a Chicano, I still see the lack of representation on that of the Chicana and Chicanx side