Lara dos Passos Coggin

When asked to give the Decision Day ceremonial speech at Huguenot High School, I focused on the intercultural skills of our student body, and celebrated their abilities as they embarked on this new phase of their personal and educational journeys.

In this talk, I explained to faculty and staff how cultural identity and youth engagement became both a source of academic success and a political threat in the U.S. Southwest.

In this VCU Globe Guest Lecture, I helped students connect their own journeys of self-realization to the playful identity politics of a groundbreaking TV series.