My Voice, My Identity

Carlos Osoria, a San Francisco State University student succeeded in plenty of accomplishments this past year. Osoria is a double major in American Indian Studies & Comparative in World Literature and holds a minor in Queer Ethnic Studies.

Carlos Osoria says, “I would like to thank them (YOKUT tribe) and their ancestors for allowing us to occupy their land as users and direct subjects from U.S. imperialism.”

As Osoria shared her method in letting out her emotions she had mentioned the art of poetry. Aligning to that Osoria had recently been published in the first publication of “The Ana,”.

“The Ana,” is a graduate student-run art magazine that combines all voices from San Francisco State University.

The publication entitled, “A Fight for Integral Sovereignty,” touched base on Osoria’s personal experience with being a trans-queer individual coming from a Latinx background in a white imperialistic society. She expresses her apparent contradicting appearance has brought her confusion about who she is and is expected to be.

Osoria says, “I was drawing at the identity or cultural aspect, I think I fragmented under culture and its primary embodiment of somebody, well as Mexicans.”

Carlos Osoria has not only gotten her personal piece published into a graduate student-run art magazine. She was also awarded the “New Voice,” award from the poetry center at San Francisco State University. Lastly, Carlos Osoria was given the opportunity to share her dedicated research on the topic of ‘Fluidity Within The Sex’ and more at the 9th Annual Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium. To get a special angle from Carlos Osoria’s experience watch this video.