Jenna Tantillo E-Portfolio - Spanish & Global Studies

1. Jenna Tantillo E-Portfolio B.A. in Spanish & Global StudiesMinors in Geography & latinamerican studies Sonoma State University

2. Table of Contents • Professional Goals/Resume • Relevant Coursework • Cross-Cultural Experience • Service Internship • Capstone Reserach

3. Professional Goals/Resume • Given my emphasis and interest in Latin America I plan to pursue a career helping marginalized groups in this region or in teaching American students about the cultures, geographies, and languages of Latin America. I plan to begin working towards these career objectives by participating in the Peace Corps followed by graduate studies in Global Studies or Geography.

4. Relevant Coursework • Global Studies • Intro to Global Studies • Intro. to Cultural Anthropology • History of the Modern World • Democracy, Capitalism, Socialism • Liberation Ecologies: Globalization, the Environment and Social Movements • Serving the Global Community • World Relgigions • Ethnic Literature • Sociology of Religion • Spanish • Intro to Spanish Linguistics • Advanced Spanish • Superior Spanish • Senior Seminar in Linguistics • Peer Language Learning Facilitation • Cultures of Latin America • L.A. Culture and Environment • Chilean Culture • Mexico: History and Culture • L.A. Contemporary Cinema • Geography • World Regional Geography • Global Environmental Systems • Social Geography • Geopolitics

5. Cross-cultural experiences • As a sophomore, I spent Spring 2010 circumnavigating the globe on Semester at Sea. In this Global Studies focused program I visited nine countries in Asia, Africa, and South America by ship and received a semester worth of units toward my degrees. It was exciting to visit this many locations in such a sort period of time as it allowed for me to make critical comparisons of the different locations. • My fourth year of study was spent in Santiago, Chile where I lived for thirteen months. My courses were all in Spanish at a local university which allowed me to practice my language skills while earning credit towards my degrees. During our summer vacation I spent three months traveling around Chile, Peru, and Bolivia where I experienced many different cultures and geographies while conversing entirely in Spanish.

6. Service internship • During my second semester in Santiago, Chile I attained an internship at a local community garden, HuertoUrbanoYungay. At the garden I had much interaction with members of the indigenous community while learning about urban farming. Serving the local community was a great way to give back to the city that had offered me so much all year.

7. Capstone research • Abstract: In advertisements Fair Trade products are portrayed as coming directly from happy, hardworking indigenous hands backed by a breathtaking landscape that the consumer has just helped save; this study will reveal the story behind the label. This paper addresses the extent to which the Fair Trade movement is altering the neoliberal paradigm or working as a facet within it. The sustainability of Fair Trade will be examined through the case of the UCIRI in Mexico and its European importers, allowing a critical assessment of Mexico’s status as a periphery country. An evaluation of the UCIRI as a civil society will measure the social sustainability of Fair Trade to its producers while gauging the environmental sustainability through ideals presented by Via Campesina. Wallerstein’s World Systems Analysis will be referenced to address the global factors instigating the start of the Fair Trade movement in Mexico and what it means for them today. This study will reveal that although the Fair Trade movement stemmed from noble intentions and continues to benefit some farmers, it still exists within the free market where actors operate solely for increased profit and many of the most marginalized remain.