Laura Aubry

Laura Raquel Aubry is a junior at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), majoring in Mexican American Studies and History. Recently, she received the Nau Undergraduate Research Scholarship granted to her by the History Department. In addition, she is a current member of the Mellon Foundation Cohort. Before attending UTSA, she attended San Antonio College, where she received an Associate of Arts Degree and was a Distinguished History Graduate. Her research interests are Latin American History, De-Colonization, Raciolinguistics, Indigenous Practices, Social Movements, Civil and Human Rights, Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Her passions are the stories that have been untold in our history books. She wants to listen to and tell the stories of people that have been colonized as well as those who are screaming to be acknowledged to speak their truth to their descendants. After she graduates from her bachelor’s program, she hopes to enter a Ph.D. program where she can blend her interests in ethnic studies and history to research the stories of the people of Latin America.

Laura’s early life started in Comerio, Puerto Rico, but she grew up in the mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts. In the meantime, to balance her life, she likes spending time with her family, gardening, knitting, taking long walks with friends, and listening to Latin Music.