{"id":3503,"date":"2021-05-25T21:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.ccc.edu\/wrighthsi\/?page_id=3503"},"modified":"2021-10-07T16:06:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T16:06:06","slug":"faculty-and-staff-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.ccc.edu\/wrighthsi\/faculty-and-staff-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:30px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-rotating fusion-loop-off fusion-title-bounceIn fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span class=\"fusion-animated-text-prefix\">Norberto Valentin<\/span> <span class=\"fusion-animated-texts-wrapper\" data-length=\"line\" data-minDisplayTime=\"1200\"><span class=\"fusion-animated-texts\"><span data-in-effect=\"bounceIn\" class=\"fusion-animated-text\" data-in-sequence=\"true\" data-out-reverse=\"true\" data-out-effect=\"bounceOut\">Executive Director - Student Financial Services<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"fusion-animated-text-postfix\"><\/span><\/h1><\/div><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"163\" height=\"178\" title=\"Tito\" src=\"https:\/\/content.ccc.edu\/wrighthsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tito.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3510\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><strong>What are your Latin\/Hispanic roots?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While I was born in Chicago, both parents came from Puerto Rico.\u00a0 Through the cultural awareness taught by my parents, I have always and proudly considered myself a PUERTO RICAN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it mean to be Puerto Rican?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The heartbeat of a Puerto Rican beats to a very special beat that extends outside the borders of the small island in the Caribbean.\u00a0 Being Puerto Rican means love, family, and culture! I recognize the resilience of those that come before me and hope to be a positive extension of their story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love about your culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love Puerto Rican music, food, and it&#8217;s diverse and beautiful people.\u00a0 The unwavering pride exemplified in the Puerto Rican identity is infectious.\u00a0 Despite struggles throughout history, Puerto Ricans will rise above it and shout, &#8220;iYo, Soy Boricuz, Pa&#8217;que Tu Lo Sepas!&#8221; (Translation: I am Puerto Rican, So you Know!)<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator curved fusion-section-separator-1\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-svg\" style=\"padding:0;\"><svg class=\"fusion-curved-candy\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" style=\"fill:#f6f6f6;padding:0;\"><path d=\"M0 100 C 20 0 50 0 100 100 Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer-height\" style=\"height:99px;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-section-separator-1 .fusion-section-separator-svg {margin-left:1.92%;margin-right:1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-section-separator-1 .fusion-section-separator-svg {margin-left:1.92%;margin-right:1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-section-separator-1 .fusion-section-separator-svg {margin-left:1.92%;margin-right:1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:30px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-rotating fusion-loop-off fusion-title-bounceIn fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span class=\"fusion-animated-text-prefix\">Lissette Diaz<\/span> <span class=\"fusion-animated-texts-wrapper\" data-length=\"line\" data-minDisplayTime=\"1200\"><span class=\"fusion-animated-texts\"><span data-in-effect=\"bounceIn\" class=\"fusion-animated-text\" data-in-sequence=\"true\" data-out-reverse=\"true\" data-out-effect=\"bounceOut\">- College Advisor<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"fusion-animated-text-postfix\"><\/span><\/h1><\/div><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"119\" height=\"150\" title=\"Lissette\" src=\"https:\/\/content.ccc.edu\/wrighthsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lissette.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3511\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><strong>What are your Latin\/Hispanic Roots?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala and moved to the US in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it mean to be Guatemalan?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is rather difficult to explain.\u00a0 I came here when I was 5.\u00a0 I did not grow up in Guatemala.\u00a0 I grew up here in Chicago at a time when there were few Guatemalans in my environment to be able to establish a strong cultural background.\u00a0 Therefore, I describe myself a a person that is sitting on a fence, I do not feel too Guatemalan nor too American. 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