NHD Nationals 2025, 2nd Place Entry (Senior Individual Exhibit): The Largest Mass Deportation in American History: Operation Wetback’s Failure to Uphold Legal Responsibilities and Safeguard Migrants’ Civil and Ethical Rights
NHD Nationals 2026, Qualifying Entry (Senior Individual Exhibit): From Classrooms to Courtrooms: The East Los Angeles Walkouts as Catalyst For Chicano Revolution, Civil Reaction, and Education Reform
NHD Nationals 2025, 2nd Place Entry
(Senior Individual Exhibit)
Theme: Rights and Responsibilities in History
Thesis: In 1954, the U.S. government launched Operation Wetback, a mass deportation campaign exposing tensions between labor demands, national security, and constitutional rights. Military-style roundups unjustly removed Mexican laborers, including legal residents, while offering a short-term response to broader immigration issues.
NHD Nationals 2026, Qualifying Entry
(Senior Individual Exhibit)
Theme: Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History
Shorthand Thesis: The East Los Angeles Walkouts of 1968 mobilized Chicano students against school inequality, drawing national attention to the Chicano Rights Movement despite authorities’ criminalization of organizers. The walkouts advanced demands for educational reform and empowered students of color, leaving a legacy of youth activism.
Note: the picture to the right features my project representing the New York delegation during the special exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (1 of ~50 exhibits worldwide) following NHD Nationals 2026 in Washington D.C.
