SGA Diversity Speaker Series: Samantha Ramirez-Herrera: Borderless Dreams “Sueños Sin Limites”
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Borderless Dreams ”“Sueños Sin Limites” is a program focused on inspiring courage and catalyzing positive and bold action towards students’ biggest dreams. Creative entrepreneur, activist and immigrant DREAMer Samantha Ramirez-Herrera shares her compelling journey growing up undocumented and forging forward despite of the challenges she faced from language barriers, economic obstacles, cultural differences, immigration policies, and lack of resources for higher education. By choosing to come out of the shadows, allowing ourselves to dream big and face fears with courage we have the power to find growth.
Participants will learn:
- how to expanded Cultural Knowledge
- how to recognize the diverse experience of immigrants and children from other countries
- how to build empathy
- how to let go of negative thoughts that can hold us back
- how to be authentic and lead without fear and finding their purpose
About the speaker: Samantha “Sam” Ramirez-Herrera is an entrepreneur, filmmaker, creative director, writer, mother, feminist, and civil rights activist. She is also a proud, Mexico born DREAMer. While she wears many hats, at her core, Sam is a storyteller. Storytelling is the heartbeat of her company, OffThaRecord.com (OTR), a creative content agency and digital magazine headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. At OTR, Sam has built a network of creative multicultural millennials who
use their talents and technology to tell raw, uncensored and authentic stories to uplift marginalized communities and promote purpose-driven brands, nonprofits
and change-makers.