Cultural Identity
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Diversity
Pamoja Dance Company Highlights Unity in Final Showcase
When Dominique Nguyen first arrived at the University of Georgia, he wasn’t sure where he would fit it. Coming from a diverse hometown, Ngyen said adjusting to a predominantly white campus felt isolating at times. That changed when he joined Pamoja Dance Company, and the group quickly became his home…
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Food
Food, Tradition Can Affect Cultural Identity: Finding Fusion at Girasoles
Jose Zambrano, the owner and chef of Girasoles, a Mexican-Mediterranean fusion restaurant on Greensboro Highway in Watkinsville, Georgia, said that he came to the U.S. at 16 years old looking for opportunity. After working for seven years as a dishwasher and cook at Chanteclair, a former French restaurant in Irvine,…