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\"Angelica
Angelica Mendoza. Marc Studer photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When people ask Angelica Mendoza what she wants to do, she says, \u201cI want to do it all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her experience at the University of Washington Bothell, she loved the ability to explore many things. That\u2019s how she came to be graduating in June with a double major and a triple minor. \u201cI love to ask questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recognition of her academic excellence and serving as an inspirational leader and activist on campus, Mendoza was awarded the 2019 UW Bothell Chancellor\u2019s Medal, which is presented at Commencement by the chancellor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A love of learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAngelica showed her commitment to learning with her two majors and three minors, and she inspired others as a first-generation student leading the Latinx Student Union and advocating for social justice,\u201d Chancellor Wolf Yeigh said. \u201cAngelica will continue to lead positive change in our community and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a high school student in Marysville, Washington, Mendoza developed an interest in media. So, her first major at UW Bothell was Media & Communication Studies. As the first in her family to go to college, she wasn\u2019t certain what it meant to minor in a subject. When she discovered that option, Mendoza added minors in Diversity Studies and in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her junior year, Mendoza started working in the office for the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences<\/a>, eventually becoming the lead undergraduate assistant. \u201cWhat happens if I add another major and minor?\u201d she asked her own adviser, who questioned what she was doing but finally agreed it could be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, Mendoza added a major in American & Ethnic Studies and another minor in Health Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If she weren\u2019t busy enough, in her junior year, Mendoza also was president of the Latinx Student Union and active in the Student Diversity Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time she became a senior, Mendoza felt the symptoms of burnout. \u201cWanting to be there for everyone is draining,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeling stress forced Mendoza to consider her own health and self-care. She decided to \u201cfocus on the good stuff\u201d and found joy in her first love \u2014 media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening new doors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mendoza started hosting the \u201cTremenda Diosa (Tremendous Goddess)\u201d radio show on UWave radio, the campus internet station. The mix of music and talk every Thursday evening celebrated women of color and shared information to help other first-generation or marginalized students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy being on the radio has opened a lot of doors for me, and it has opened doors for others,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cI\u2019ve had people tell me their lives have changed, because they hear themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UWave radio, free and accessible to students, is an underappreciated resource for sharing knowledge. \u201cStorytelling is revolutionary,\u201d Mendoza said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, she mentored students in the Academic Transition Program, which helps students overcome adversity and succeed in college. Mendoza was the first person to receive a new Founders Fellow Conference Travel Award and attended The Empowering Women of Color conference at Berkeley, California. She also was awarded the 2019 Feminist Praxis Award, which recognizes GWSS students who demonstrate inspiring and impactful feminist practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To everyone who congratulates Mendoza as the chancellor\u2019s medalist, she says it also belongs to other women of color on campus, particularly those in a project, which recently won support from T-Mobile<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWomen of color on this campus kept me together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An example for others<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mendoza, who said she learned outspokenness from her mother and kindness from her grandmother, is proud to be an example for her two younger sisters and a younger brother. Because of her, they are interested in going to college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to be that person that they see cross that stage and get that diploma,\u201d Mendoza said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduating, Mendoza plans to continue \u201cTremenda Diosa\u201d as a podcast and said she will look for ways to continue building community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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