Interview with Ixzacil Marquez '16, 2021 June 16
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Ixzacil Marquez, Davidson College class of 2016. Marquez identifies as Mexican-American and is from Chicago, Illinois. Marquez was a Charles Scholar, as well as part of the STRIDE program, OLAS, and the Pre-Veterinarian club. In the interview, Marquez describes the difficult cultural transition from urban Chicago to rural Davidson, feelings of homesickness, microaggressions in the classroom, isolation in the STEM department as one of the few Latina students, ways of finding community, and her personal growth and accomplishments through and post-college.
Dates
- Creation: 2021 June 16
Creator
- Marquez, Ixzacil (Class of 2016) (Interviewee, Person)
- Torres Villalva, Jorge (Class of 2021) (Interviewer, Person)
- Torres Villalva, Jorge (Class of 2021) (Transcriber, Person)
- Davidson College (N.C.) (Producer, Organization)
- Davidson College (N.C.) (Publisher, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This interview is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of this interview is governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License per the associated permission form. Review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ for more information.
Extent
1 Digital (Sound recordings) (M4A)
1 Transcripts (Digital) (PDF)
Language
English
Repository Details
Part of the College Archives Repository