March 20, 2025
Yareli Lopez, a UC Berkeley student and staff writer for The Daily Californian, published a piece in which she discusses "losing" and "reconnecting with" the Spanish language spoken in her household as she embarked on her academic journey at UC Berkeley. Lopez highlights the significance of taking Spanish language classes as a heritage speaker, the exposure to a community of Spanish speakers, and the space created in the classroom for self-knowledge and affirmation as a bilingual student. Read the full piece here: