Camille Jackson is a sociology student at the University of Minnesota who moved to Minneapolis from Madison, Wisconsin, in the fall of 2025. “I care a lot about politics, but I feel like it is a taboo subject in Madison. It’s a very segregated city and not as diverse, so I wanted to get away…
Mascuud Ali is a fourth-year student studying early childhood education at the University of Minnesota and has lived with his Somali family in the Minneapolis area all his life. “I had been going to college for a few years now. I started at St. Thomas, at the Doherty Family College, and I took a break…
Mira Arvind is a senior at the University of Minnesota studying industrial systems engineering. “My parents are immigrants. My parents are from India originally, so my dad came here in the ’90s for his master’s. He went to school in Duluth. So that’s kind of how he got settled down here. Then my mom came…
Harley Sherman is a sophomore at the University of Minnesota studying Asian and Middle Eastern studies, global studies and teaching English as a second language. “This entire semester has been crazy because my family’s worried about me, so I’m worried about them overly stressing. And I’m worried about a lot of my friends because they’re…
Robin Wonsley is a member and minority leader of the Minneapolis City Council, representing Ward 2, including the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Dinkytown, Como and many other areas where students reside. Before her tenure on the City’s Council, Wonsley served as the program coordinator for the University’s Women’s Center and was a Ph.D….
Nora Snyder is a high schooler studying at the University of Minnesota through the PSEO program, hoping to major in biological engineering. “I take some classes at my high school, and I take some here. I wanted to come here because my school didn’t offer Calculus II, and I needed to take more math classes….
Aubrey Barber is a senior commuter and transfer student at the University of Minnesota studying animal science. “I’m pretty bubbly, laid back, pretty chill. That hasn’t changed. I’m a college student who works part time to help pay for everyday things to get by with life. I’m from northern Wisconsin. I did two years at…
Aster Devick is a senior at the University of Minnesota majoring in sports management with a minor in leadership. “My name’s Aster. I’m a senior at the University of Minnesota. I grew up in Maple Grove, but I was adopted from Ethiopia. I was adopted around the age of two, almost three. I grew up…
