In this episode Daisy drops so many gems for the next generation of Garifuna youth ranging from navigating blackness in the United States to understanding the resilience of our ancestors. Outro Song: Aurelio Martinez - Africa *I DO NOT OWN THE COPYRIGHTS TO THIS MUSIC* Daisy's Instagram: @dai_gzmn Daisy's Twitter: @dazeG_321 Podcast Instagram: @hdy.sygpodcast Host Instagram: __alisonm Bio: Daisy E. Guzman Nunez is an African and African Diaspora Studies Ph.D. student at the University Texas-Austin. She was born in the Bronx, New York, and she is one of the few Garifuna-Guatemalan women in academia. Her dissertation derives from her initial work on the perspectives of Black and Latinx women on beauty and self-love through a psychological lens for her B.A from Allegheny College. For her M.A from the Spanish Department at the University of Texas, she focused on the women who are rarely discussed in books and articles, the generation of Garifuna migrants in the 70s and 80s during the Guatemalan Civil War. Her overall research centers on Blackness and Indigeneity in Central America; the African diasporic transnational experience; race, gender, and migration. With particular attention to the Garifuna community, the discussion of race, Indigeneity, and movement are theorized from the body and written in conversation with Black feminist thought. As a student and future professor, she wants to apply all the knowledge she receives in the African and African Diaspora Studies department to an interdisciplinary position that prioritizes mentorship. Furthermore, her engagement with the Garifuna community is sustained by her continuous effort to give back to the next generation with literature and an evolving archive for the opportunity of representation inside and outside of the classroom.  Daisy aims to mentor Garifuna scholars and scholars interested in Black Central America, who want to engage in cultural awareness and diversity initiatives.