Joyce Lin is a second-year transfer who is pursuing a B.A. History of Art at UC Berkeley. Before coming to UC Berkeley, she studied at Pasadena City College before transferring to four-year public institutions in California. She spent her early life in Taiwan and China before moving back to the United States, where she gave birth to pursue a college education.
Besides her major in art history, Joyce is interested in diasporic research on Taiwanese culture, which inspired her passion to work with the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative. She engaged with several...
Chloe Ma is a third year student pursuing a major in Ethnic Studies and a minor in Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Chloe was born and raised in China, and her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia when she was 14. Because of this experience, Chloe is passionate about learning the experiences of Chinese American immigrants and advocating for their rights through literature, academia, and laws and policies. In addition, she is interested in learning about the labor history of the Chinese immigrants, the current debate regarding the Asian Americans in the higher education admission system, and the...
Marianna Orestes-Zoellin is a second-year political science student at UC Berkeley, specializing in political theory. Born in Monterey, CA to a Brazilian immigrant mother, Marianna is endlessly inspired by the narratives and struggles of her mother and tias alike. Her research is focused on a neo-colonial approach to the Brazilian diaspora and how Brazilian identity manifests within the greater Latinidad. Marianna's research interests also include civic engagement and representation, race and inequality, and the various dimensions of Latinx/e identity.
Salomé graduated from UC Berkeley in 2020 and is delighted to return to BIMI as the Program Coordinator! She previously worked as a research assistant at BIMI mapping immigrant services and drafting a policy brief analyzing COVID-19’s impact on immigrants in the Bay Area. Her immigration research is grounded in her experience working at various immigration advocacy organizations including Catholic Charities of San Francisco where she assisted clients in deportation proceedings to apply for asylum and at Freedom for Immigrants where she supported immigrants in detention....
Marianna Orestes-Zoellin is a Brazilian-American first year student at UC Berkeley studying political science and music. She’s incredibly thrilled to be working with BIMI this year! Her research project will answer questions regarding how the Brazilian community has preserved their culture in the Bay Area, as well as how Brazilian-Americans relate to greater Latine identity, both culturally and civically.
