The Daily News is catching up will the four members of the incoming SGA executive board before they take office. Get to know your campus leaders.
Brock Frazer — secretary
Emily Halley — treasurer
James Wells — president
Editor’s Note: This is the third of four stories to run that will feature the slate members leading up to their inauguration.
Ana Batres, future SGA vice president, grew up immersed in two different cultures.
Both of her parents immigrated from Mexico to the United States, and she is a first-generation American citizen.
The sophomore journalism graphics and magazine major said her favorite part about growing up between two different cultures was getting to travel between the U.S. and Mexico, which she does often.
“I love being in one country where they solely speak English and then being thrown into a different one with different languages and cultures,” Batres said. “I love being able to see a different part of the world that’s not my daily life.”
Even though Batres grew up with Mexican culture, she still wants to learn more about the history of her heritage.
“As I’ve grown up, I’ve really noticed that, yes, I’ve been brought up in a Mexican family with different cultures and customs, but I’m not fully emerged in the background and history of Mexico,” Batres said. “I think that’s something I really want to learn more about and be able to share it with people I interact with daily.”
Being culturally diverse is one of Batres’ big pushes for SGA, due to her upbringing.
When her mother was a child, she was adopted by her aunt and brought to the U.S., but would visit Mexico and her relatives often. It was on one of these visits Batres said her mother met her father, and they both moved to the U.S. together to start their own family. Her parents' perseverance is one of her biggest motivations, she said.
With her family being such a huge part of her life, Batres said it is one thing she hopes to bring to SGA.
“I really hope that I can bring [a family feel] to SGA," she said. "I think that that’s something SGA can get a lot from since there are different committees and caucuses. Being able to get to know everyone inside senate is something I hope to accomplish next year."
She said one of her dream jobs — aside from journalism — would be to work for a company that helps people who come to the U.S. learn English and build relationships with them.
“I really wanted to be a magazine writer, but I’ve been thinking about working for a nonprofit that works with people who come to the U.S. and don’t know a lot of English help them learn,” she said.
Batres said putting a lot of effort into everything she does is one of her greatest characteristics.
"I get fully immersed in the tasks and try my best to do them to the best of my ability and have fun with it,” she said. “I think that’s the important thing, that you’re doing something to the best of your ability and that you’re enjoying it.”
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