Hello! My name is Diana Jimenez-Briseño and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I am a fourth year Human Biology and Society major with a concentration in Medicine and Public Health and a minor in Chicanx/Central American Studies. I hope to become a physician in underserved communities, especially my Latinx community, and understanding both the direct elements of health as well as more of my cultural identity through these academic programs has solidified and strengthened my passion for medicine. Currently, I am part of a clinical research lab that focuses on a variety of issues concerning renal health. Kidney disease disproportionately affects Black and Brown communities both through structural racism and direct healthcare inequities. As a Latina transplant recipient myself, understanding this reality through my own narrative and the stories of others, as well as research and academia, has been vital in my perception of healthcare and my hopeful place in it.
Outside of that part of myself, I absolutely love art, both for creation and appreciation. I have always loved to draw and paint, but I never understood the depth art held until I took an art history course in high school. The beauty of art draws one in, but the significance behind it truly makes a piece meaningful. Unfortunately, that course mainly focused on Eurocentric works that although beautiful, did not call on my identity. Reading “Conditions for producing chicana art”, I already felt represented in that the modern Chicana identity is one that I feel I am exploring. As a first-generation Chicana, there is so much beauty in our culture, but in entering and holding relationships with new spaces outside of traditional realms, I sometimes meet it with conflict. I am extremely interested in how Chicanx art represents this narrative.
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