Diana Aguilera
Year & Major: First Year Graduate Student – Public Policy , TSPPPA
Commitment Name: Women’s Experiences
Commitment Focus Area: Peace and Human Rights
Commitment Description: “The problem I am working to address is how immigrants can overcome mental health and discuss their experiences after migrating. This is important to me because I grew up in a country where sexual violence was seen as normal. Sometimes women are sexually abused during their migration trajectory by coyotes or family members after arriving. Women, and girls feel ashamed to talk about this issue in public spaces. They have psychological traumas for the rest of their lives. Moreover, not having a legal status in this country undervalued their rights and they are not seen as members of our society. My target population are immigrant women and girls who recently arrived in the United States.”