Millenial Profiles Edward Hernandez is an immigrant from El Salvador, who has spent the last fifteen years in the United States. He and his family are struggling to make it big. The True Jesus Church helps keep Tricy Chen, UC Berkeley student, in tune with her faith. Bedilia Ramirez is a Latina in one of the first classes to enter UC Berkeley after the end of affirmative action. Josh Harkinson and Ana Campoy interviewed two teenagers to remember the terrors of middle school and relive hard-core youth.
College is the period of intense self-reflection and identity construction.
Students discover and invent themselves in the context of profound new ideas and exposure to different people and lifestyles. Rachael Post and Bret Sigler tapped into university religious organizations to meet students living their faith and accomodating other activities to meet the demands of their spiritual lives. Annelise Wunderlich and Olga Rodriguez both examined the lifestyles of Latinos living in the United States, learning about the struggles of identity for Latino-Americans, and the struggle for the right to call oneself American. The end of college or trade school often marks the point where an American extended youth ends. Rachelle Jones and Erika Fricke trailed UC Berkeley high achievers, taking copious notes while scurrying two paces behind.