Hello, my name is America Avila. I’m part of the Class of 2021. This year I will be graduating and attending Central Washington University. During this project, I did the Medal of Honor Recipients. I learned about many different men and how their sacrifice of their life saved many others and how the Medal of Honor is the highest military award that is given because of acts of valor.

About Me: I am a senior at Chelan High School. I enjoy playing soccer,working out, trying new food, and going on hikes. Next year I am planning on doing an electrician apprenticeship in Mount Vernon, WA. 

What I did: I worked on the Mexican American Women In World War ll and added images on it. 

What I've learned: One thing I've learned is the struggles Mexicans had to go through during the Great Depression. They were treated poorly and never given the same help as Americans. They starved and had no money because they didn't have jobs. Although reading about their struggles was frustrating, I enjoyed learning about it because it educated me more on Mexican and Mexican American history. 

My name is Aitza Uvalle, I am a senior at Chelan High School. I was born and raised in Chelan Wahington. I plan to attend Wenatchee Valley College this coming fall to earn my AA degree. After two years, I plan to transfer to Eastern Washington University to obtain my bachelor's degree and possibly even my master's degree. What I enjoyed most about this course was learning more about who I am and where my roots lie. It was great to finally hear and learn about my people and their involvement in American society, which I wish many other people could experience. It is important to learn about racial and ethnic minorities to better understand America’s continuum of diversity. 

● For the World War II website project I helped work on the Women of WWII section. ○ Something I learned while working on this project is that the mexican-american women worked on both the front lines and the home front. It was also interesting to just read about how a lot of the women who worked on the front lines were treated equally and not looked down on because of their race.

About me- I am a senior at CHS. I love the sport of soccer and play video games from time to time.

I am responsible for the following research of- Hero Street, William Sandoval, Frank Sandoval, Antonio Mendez, and Agustin Ramos Calero. 

What I learned- It is pretty astonishing to find out how many Mexican-Americans contributed to World War ll. Not only in war, as well as in producing the food as farmworkers. 

About Me: I am a Senior at Chelan High School and I plan on attending Spokane Community College and go into the Medical Diagnostic Sonography program. I was born in Wenatchee,WA but was raised my entire life in beautiful Lake Chelan! 

I am responsible of: My partner America and I both worked on Medal of Honor.

What I learned: It was very interesting to learn stuff that I didn't even know about my own culture. I would show my own mom the homework we would have to do and she gave me a bunch of background stories of my great grandpa being involved in some Chicano history! I am glad I took this class! 

I’m Julissa Diaz, I'm currently a Junior in high school. (Class of ‘22) and currently in a Chicano Studies class. My topic was about WWII Mexican-American Veterans returning home after the war. Learning about the process of returning home for Mexican-American veterans was very interesting since it's not something usually taught in regular History classes. 

Hello, my name is Amairany Bravo and I am a junior at Chelan High school. I have learned many new things in Chicanos Studies that I did not know about at all. For this project I was in charge of the main page with my partner Neida Vargas. The first thing I found interesting in this project was how women were able to participate in WWll. During WWII many things started to change women were now independent and hardworking. Another interesting fact that I have learned was how Macario Garcia was the first Mexican immigrant to receive the medal of honor award. Before learning about WWll I did not know that Mexicans were honored and many of them were recognized for their great work and fighting during the war. 

Hello, I am Neida Vargas, I am a junior attending Chelan High School. I was in charge of the main page with my partner Amairany as project managers! An important aspect I have taken from this class is being a Mexican-American and not knowing everything I thought I did. One event was that Mexican nationalist fough under the flag of the 'stripes and stars', as well as the Chicano movement focusing on certain groups and having different branches, education, rights, and agriculture workers. The reason I enjoyed learning about the Chicano movement, the agriculture aspect especially, has to do with my own background coming from an agriculture background myself as my father owns an apple orchard. I believe this is an important class that should continue being offered here in Chelan but as well advances to being taught in all the high schools in Washington, I personally believe it is important to teach the history as Mexico is the neighboring country of the United Sates.