I Am Not Just &quot;The Girl From Bolivia&quot;: An International Student’s Experiences of Community in Bolivia and London

I Am Not Just "The Girl From Bolivia": An International Student’s Experiences of Community in Bolivia and London

Title: I Am Not Just "The Girl From Bolivia": An International Student’s Experiences of Community in Bolivia and London
Rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Type: Moving Image
Creator: Roveena Chand Jassal
Date: 2000s, 2010s.
Description: This portrait delves into Maya Fernandez's story of being known as “the girl from Bolivia." The portrait illustrates Maya’s feelings towards this phrase and how her experiences “as an outsider” have impacted her experiences in the London community. Maya is a second year MIT international student at Western University who explores the certain interactions that she has faced. She then compares how relationships are developed in both Bolivia and London. She explains the social inequalities that she has observed, the stereotypes of being from another country, and what it’s like to be “an outsider" in London, Ontario. Overall, this portrait thoroughly describes Maya for the complex and unique being that she is, rather than just as “the girl from Bolivia.”
Format: Video - image montage
Language: English
Place: Santa Cruz, Bolivia and London, Ontario
Publisher: Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action, Western University, Fall 2019
Contributor: Maya Fernandez
Extent: 8:24
Relation: Is part of Hispanic collection.
Subject: Studying in Canada as an International student