Profile:

Diana Perez
This is Diana
Perez...
Diana Perez is a 23 year old Latina who lives

here in Utah. She is a mother of 3 and is a wife to her

husband Marco. Diana is a person who loves the

adventures of life and she is such a kind humble person.

Diana is someone who you can trust and can count on

for anything. She loves helping people especially those

who she loves such as her family. Diana has had many

struggles in her life especially during her high school

years.

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Early Life
Diana came to the United States at the
age of 6 with her parents. Her and her
parents were originally from
Guanajuato, Mexico. When they first
came to the United states her mother
was pregnant with her little brother.
She mentioned that she doesn’t really
remember leaving but she does
remember the pain her and her family
went through.

She got here to Utah and lived in a small area in the West valley. Diana didn’t like living there. She

mentioned that it was scary and the part she lived seemed dangerous but it was the only thing her parents could afford.

Diana’s mom was a stay at home mom and her dad was a construction worker, and he had other jobs.
Living in the States
“ Life was always hard for the 4
of us. My parents not being able
to get good jobs because of
their status and my brother
and I always struggling in
school because we were always
looked down on.” - Diana- 5
Schooling…

Diana had 3 ▫ Not having the ability to understand english

main ▫ Not receiving the help she needed to succeed
struggles in
school and ▫ being treated differently because of her race.
these were ▫ Lastly, not feeling like she belonged
her main.
Elementary
School

Elementary school was a

big struggle for her
academic wise, but she
mentioned that she made
friends and she was
happy as a elementary
student.
Middle
School
Diana was excited Diana started One of her main
but nervous for her realizing a lot of focus that she
middle school things her focus on realized that has
experience. The things has been happening is
first few months expanded. She also how little effort
were good just struggled a lot teachers put into
because everything during her middle students like her
was new, but that school years. per say.
started to change.
Discrimination
What Diana was experiencing was
not unusual for Latinos especially
in school many just don’t like to
speak about it.

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Middle/ High School
Diana states that in the
schools she went there weren’t
as many Latinos, and the ones
who were there were very few.
School
Experience
Middle school Middle school Middle school
She had few friends She still somewhat Feeling different
but they weren’t enjoyed going to treatment but still
close. school and was a kept her head held
average student. up high.

Highschool Highschool Highschool

All her friends from Teachers began to making Believing what those who
middle school were no her feel out of place and were discriminating
longer friends. Diana only discouraged to even go to towards her said about
had those who were her school. her.
same race as friends and
not all of them.
Forms:
Form 1 Form 2 Form 3
Diana suffered
lots of forms of Diana mentions

discrimination
that when she
Teachers would Lastly, her teachers
would ask for help
during her to the teachers for
treat her differently
compared to the
would offend her
and discourage her
highschool an assignment
some would say
other students. to do better.

years. “don’t worry you

Diana mentions
that some her
won’t get it
teachers would
anyways.” This
show so much
comes to show that
appreciation to
the teachers
everyone expect to
wouldn’t give the
anyone who was
help she would ask
Latino or Black and
for because of her
she noticed that
race as Diana would
and didn’t like it.
describe it as.
Even after everything she still
graduated high school and has
a good job. She got married
and has 3 beautiful children
and shows her children how
much they are loved and that
they are enough. She strives
for more and doesn’t care what
anyone else thinks.