My E-Portfolio is not only representative of what it means to be a Communication major, but also offers insight as to who I am and how I've grown in my time at Santa Clara. To grant perspective, as I furthered development in my relationships, academically, and professionally I have selected a number of artifacts from various courses that connect to themes of storytelling and representation. All of my artifacts--including films, reports, research, and campaigns--stem from the following Program Learning Outcomes established by the Communication Department: 

PLO #3: Analyze how communication structures that maintain power and privilege and engage in practices that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.

PLO #5: Demonstrate research skills including the ability to formulate research questions, interpret, and evaluate communication research.  

PLO 6: Creative effective and ethical oral, visual and written communication based on awareness of diverse perspectives, contexts, and social identities.

I felt that these three PLO's played a key role shaping my work both within and outside the department. In order for me to make space for diverse perspectives and give a voice to meaningful stories audiences can find themselves connecting to, I had to be able to understand the communities I was working with by researching and asking their needs and I needed to understand the current structures of communication that are either uplifting communities or creating barriers. Only then, after I have done so, will I be able to maintain relationships and commit to creating effective and ethical projects fit for everyone.