Interview with Lucía Nuñez, date unknown

Lucía Nuñez discusses in an undated interview her career in civil rights advocacy, and her current role as the civil rights director for the city of Madison (Wisconsin) since 2006. Nuñez talks about her passion for education and community involvement, despite her difficulties with her family regarding her decisions to thwart gender roles by attending college away from home and joining the peace corps. Nuñez also addresses her initial desire to assimilate in college, and how embracing her identity and sexuality ultimately helped her become a better advocate.This video interview was conducted by students who participated in a Chican@ and Latin@ Studies (CLS) course at University of Wisconsin-Madison, taught by Andrea-Teresa "Tess" Arenas, Ph.D.. Students were trained in qualitative research methodology and design, data analysis, videography, editing, archival selection, interviewing, and transcribing. Students then traveled to various parts of Wisconsin to record video intervie