Elia

Spanish Rice

Hi, my name is Elia! I’m a senior studying English and American Studies with an intended minor in FGSS. I’m from Los Angeles. The food that reminds me of home is Spanish rice, mostly because it accompanies almost all the meals my mom makes at home, and it’s one of the few cultural meals I’ve been able to make here  successfully. Cooking and meals has always been something that’s been super important to my family life and cultural life, but being at college has really shown me that cooking is an art-style I have yet to perfect 😭😭.  Since I’ve opted out of the meal plan these past two years, I hope to improve on my cooking whilst discussing it in class! In terms of why I joined this course, I’ve been interested in researching the interactions and cross-overs between Latine and Asian communities, especially in pockets of big metropolitan areas both inside and outside of the United States, but have rarely seen courses at Cornell that deal with cultural crossovers that aren’t US-centric and focused on white Americans interactions with other cultures. I hope that this course is able to touch upon Afro-Latines’ interaction with Asian culture, if if just a little bit! I’m also interested in researching more into the impact that Black culture has with Asian communities, and how far this intermixture of cultures extends. I think especially in popular culture one is able to see the mix between Asian and Black cultures a lot, and I’m excited to learn more!