Title: Authentically Thoroughly Really, Me, Jalibeth Tells All
Joining us this week is our dear classmate, friend, and Vice President of the Spanish Club, Jalibeth. In this episode, she talks about her background and identity as a Dominican woman. She describes her challenging life in New York City and then reveals how moving to Albany brought her freedom. She then discusses how she has recreated herself and the issues with her academics that have arisen from that experience. To wrap it up, Jalibeth, Yesenia and J-Lyn talk about the culture of hanging out with other individuals with similar linguistic backgrounds in Spanish classes, and the pressure to compete with the graduate students in the program.
If you have any questions for Jalibeth, follow her Instagram - @jalibeth.s
00:00 Intro
00:30 Jalibeth’s Intro
01:10 “I am Dominican”
02:01 Spanish is my first language
03:49 Colorism in the Dominican community
08:06 Moving from NYC to Albany
12:08 “Let me tell you how I ended up here”
13:44 Take the risk!
16:29 My college experience
17:19 Take care of yourself
18:46 “Bills don’t stop”
20:14 Communicate with your professors
22:21 Spanish Classes: Non-native vs. Native speakers
23:50 Grad students vs. Undergrads
26:20 Different Spanish dialects
28:03 Wrapping up
Contributors:
Jalibeth Sepulveda (Storyteller), Yesenia Melo (Host), J-Lyn Thomas (Host), Brandon Lemus (Editor), Yehara Gutierrez Rodriguez (Marketing), Christopher Miller (Marketing), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 4, Episode 5 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.
Funding provided by the UAlbany Faculty Research Awards Program (FRAP).
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.
Email Carmen Serrano: cserrano4@albany.edu or the Podcast team: GRP-uastudentstories@albany.edu
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