{"id":23915,"date":"2023-10-24T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=23915"},"modified":"2023-11-27T23:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T04:50:39","slug":"mixed-on-campus-11-grace-sirman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2023\/10\/24\/mixed-on-campus-11-grace-sirman\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed on Campus #11 &#8211; Grace Sirman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sirman_grace-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23924\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sirman_grace-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sirman_grace-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sirman_grace-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sirman_grace-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sirman_grace-1-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sirman_grace-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Name<\/em>: Grace Sirman<br><em>Mix<\/em>: Mexican &amp; White-American<br><em>Major &amp; Year<\/em>: Art; Junior<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Disabled and queer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: How has being mixed affected your campus experience?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: It was a bit of culture shock coming to the Midwest, coming from a small, predominantly Latinx neighborhood. I get homesick very often, and my mixed identity made me a bit insecure about engaging with Latinx campus organizations initially because of my upbringing and my appearance, but many of the Latinx individuals involved are very welcoming and I appreciate all the acceptance I\u2019ve encountered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: What do you wish more people knew about the mixed experience?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: The mixed experience is very unique for everybody, and there is a vibrant perspective many mixed identities can offer! Everyone is approaching their mixed identity differently, and mixed people should not be forced to choose or represent one ethnicity\/race or the other. There are many complexities that come with a mixed identity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: What is your proudest moment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: As a Latina first generation college student who struggles with disability, making it to college in the first place is something I will always be proud of myself for achieving. My parents had no idea how any of the application process worked, and neither did I. But somehow I figured it out, and now I\u2019m here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q: What kind of person do you aspire to be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: I want to be unapologetic about myself. I\u2019m not quite there yet, but I want to be someone who owns their personality loudly, especially with bold makeup, a colorful wardrobe, and who doesn\u2019t care what others have to say about myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Mixed on Campus was inspired by the Humans of New York project. The purpose of Mixed on Campus is to give a voice to this university\u2019s mixed community and shed light on its members. Being mixed means to be multiracial, multiethnic, and\/or a transnational adoptee.&nbsp;Through Mixed on Campus, mixed students have the opportunity to have their portrait drawn and share their experiences!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Grace SirmanMix: Mexican &amp; White-AmericanMajor &amp; Year: Art; Junior Disabled and queer Q: How has being mixed affected your campus experience? A: It was a bit of culture shock coming to the Midwest, coming from a small, predominantly Latinx neighborhood. I get homesick very often, and my mixed identity made me a bit insecure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2263,"featured_media":23666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1334],"tags":[9,1856,1381,1030,2014,80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23915"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24433,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23915\/revisions\/24433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}