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“How We Get There” – Princeton Prize in Race Relations from Evelyn Tu on Vimeo.


Princeton Prize in Race Relations honors high school students for promoting understanding, respect.

Princeton University News, May 3, 2018.

“The awards recognize young people who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the cause of positive race relations and who have worked to increase understanding and respect among all races… Luz Victoria Simon Jasso… designed and implemented an Ethnic Studies course at her school. Since it was first taught in fall 2016, the course has grown in size, added two advisory teachers, and expanded the Ethnic Studies Leadership Team from one to four students…”


Letter to the Editor: “Readers Write: A Local High Schooler Feels The Bern“.

San Diego Free Press, May 21, 2016.

“I’m in high school, too young to vote and I’m for Bernie… I’ve never been interested in a presidential race until now… Sanders has given students like me a sense of hope, especially with regards to our educational future. Regardless of what happens next, even after these elections, I intend to hang on to that positive message for as long as I can.”


Image: “Luz Victoria Simón Jasso working on her panel for The Border Quilt“.

Revitalize: Not Militarize Border Communities, October 29, 2014.

The Border Quilt/ La Colcha Fronteriza Campaign was a 2014 project organized by border communities in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas to demonstrate to the nation the loss of family unity, privacy, civil rights, humanity, personal safety, economic potential, and human life that results from the militarization of the border region.