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Crystal Galindo and\u00a0 Nelly Ponce<\/p><\/div>\n
Crystal Galindo visited Taft College at the request of Tina Mendoza to display and enlighten students. She was born and raised in Tulare County. She then graduated high school and attended community college for eight years. During community college she\u00a0became a teaching assistant.\u00a0She then transferred onto Sonoma State University.<\/p>\n
She looks up to the singer Selena Quintanilla as a major icon.\u00a0Selena was one of the few people\u00a0who she related to who was famous. Selena represented Crystal artistically.\u00a0She talked a lot about representation and how important\u00a0it is to have this exposure. She says, “When you don’t see yourself uplifted, in the media, in magazines, in movies, on Instagram, anywhere, you don’t see people who look like you\u00a0getting praised, it makes you feel invisible.”<\/p>\n
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Crystal Galindo’s Artwork<\/p><\/div>\n
She says that she found her voice through\u00a0art.\u00a0 She started using social media as a platform for her artwork. She started taking selfies to build her own self-confidence and her own representation. She went to a university where she was the only one representing herself. Yet, she strived and struggled through the challenges. Overall, her message through her artwork was empowering. She is a humble and strong-willed\u00a0 person.\u00a0Crystal is\u00a0the embodiment for her culture and encourages others to embrace who they are as an individual.<\/p>\n
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