Nursing

mariana.vasquezg@unc.edu

Mariana Vasquez Gallardo is the Student Ambassador for UndocuCarolina. She is a second-year undergraduate student pursuing the nursing field. Mariana is passionate about advocating for Latinx communities, especially in healthcare. She is proudly Mexicana and has grown up in rural North Carolina. As a DACA recipient Mariana understands the struggles many undocumented people face. She hopes that her perspective as a first-generation student and daughter of immigrant farmworkers can help bridge many of misconceptions people have about immigrants. She looks forward to helping promote representation and raising awareness on issues of immigration throughout campus. In the future, she looks forward to working with Latinx and underserved communities throughout the state of North Carolina as a health care provider.