Erzsabet Gonzalez (she/her) is a third-year undergraduate student earning both Bioengineering and Theater Performance Studies degrees. She strives to combat racism in health care and is passionate about the deconstruction of dominant narratives and the empowerment that is possible through literary arts and performance. As an undergraduate research apprentice for BLAC her primary focus is conducting original archival research and documenting black lives at Cal past and present.
Jasmine Griffiths (she/her) is a first-year undergraduate student at UC Berkeley majoring in Integrative Biology and African American Studies, with a possible minor in Race and the Law. She is primarily interested in the Black experience in education and the healthcare system, and how portrayals of people of color in mainstream media influence the reverberations of social justice initiatives. Her past work has been centered around advocacy and creating and brainstorming curricula to highlight the ethics of care for underrepresented communities in medicine. Last...
Daniella Lake (she/her) is a senior undergraduate Media Studies major. She has an interest in media, storytelling, and education. For the past several years, she has produced journalistic work through her podcast, Life Told By a Stranger, writing for The Daily Californian, hosting a radio show with KALX 90.7 FM, and more. She also works at the Ethnic Studies Changemaker Podcast Studio on campus as a podcast engineer. After graduation, she plans to go to...
Ciera Reed (she/her) is a second-year undergraduate student majoring in Sociology with a minor in African American studies and Journalism. Outside of academia, Ciera has always had a passion for activism and social work centralized around Black life. She realized the systematic barriers placed against Black people at a very young age, and has always planned on being a part of abolishing them. As an undergraduate research apprentice for BLAC, she combines both her interests to create content that highlights and educates people about Black life, particularly at Cal....
Jillian Rousseau (she/her) is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in Sociology. She is passionate about providing a voice and space for underrepresented students including BIPOC, low-income and first-generation students within higher education like Berkeley. With her passion for Sociology she hopes to get into research to reveal the inequities marginalized people are facing or become a human rights lawyer and advocate for liberation and equity for marginalized communities. As an undergraduate research apprentice for BLAC she focuses on content creation by...
Victoria Rowe (she/they) is a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in English. She is interested in understanding how modes of storytelling across the artistic disciplines increase our awareness and perception of the world. She is passionate about black feminist thought and seeks to uplift black voices and marginalized identities. Victoria is interested in how belonging is created and sustained for black people in white spaces. Upon graduation, Victoria intends to teach English abroad and possibly pursue a career in music or journalism. Victoria works with...
Amari Turner (She/her) is a graduate of UC Berkeley pursuing a graduate certificate in Business Administration and Entrepreneurship. She is primarily interested in environmental policy, specifically how climate change and other environmental issues disproportionately affect marginalized communities. While balancing her studies with student athletics (she is a pole vaulter on the track and field team who currently holds the school record at Cal), she also finds interest in conducting research on a variety of other topics. She is currently applying to law school...
Bella Volz-Broughton (They/She) is a third-year undergrad studying African American studies. They are passionate about Black liberation and equitable education within the confines of American institutions. Their personal research focuses on uncovering the untold histories of UC Berkeley and how it relates to Blackness. Especially in regards to People’s Park and social activism on campus. They intend to open a holistic learning center which serves Black Youth rooted in a Black Feminist Epistemological framework.
