Individual

Cultural Project
Megan Doyle
02/10/2022
EDU 280
CULTURAL
BELONGING
 Ethnic and cultural background of my
Family
❑ I was born and raised in Las Vegas. I am twenty years old. My ancestors are from Italy, Germany and
Ireland. My grandma is a hundred percent Italian, and my grandpa is half German and Irish. They
were all born in American and so were my parents. My grandma and I favorite dessert is cannoli’s.
My grandma is the best cook. She makes the best Italian food. My mom is from Ohio and my dad is
from Chicago. I have 2 older sister and a twin brother. We were all born and raised in Las Vegas. The
only language I speak is English. I celebrate Christmas and every Christmas my grandma makes a big
Italian dinner.
 Life
Experiences
 Education
● I have been lucky enough to only go to 3
schools. I went to Frias Elementary school,
Tarkanian middle school, and Palo Verde high
school. I graduated at Palo Verde in 2020. I am
currently enrolled at the College of Southern
Nevada. I plan on graduating at the end of
this semester with my associates degree then
transferring to the University of Nevada Las
Vegas. I plan on finishing my bachelor's
degree at UNLV.
 Hobbies and talents
❑ Some of my hobbies are consist
of cooking, music, and reading.
My favorite thing to do is to
cook with my grandma. I love
learning my families' recipes. I
also love baking with her.
Worldview
 Religious beliefs
● My mom and dad aren't religious. We
respect all other religious, but we have
never gone to church. My older sister is
Mormon, and she loves it. My aunt and
uncle are Christian, and they love it. My
parents have never taken us to church so
we never fell in love with it.
 Goals
Long Term:
My long-term goal is to graduate from
Short term:
UNLV and become a First-Grade My short-term goal is to transfer
teacher. I have dreamed of becoming to UNLV this semester.
a teacher for as long as I could
remember.
Cultural
Artifacts
 My brother and I taking
graduation pictures
My family:
This is my mom, dad, sister, and twin
brother
My sister just got married in November.
For her bridal shower she wanted a
Nightmare before Christmas themed party.
I made this sally cake for her party.
This is us in Cancun!!
These are my two dogs.
One is a Jack Russel,
and the other is a
Beagle.