Born in Paris, France in 1938, Monique Saigal-Escudero is an Emerita Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Pomona College. At just three years old, during the peak of Hitler’s reign in Europe, her grandmother threw her on a train headed for a small city in Southwestern France: an act that ultimately saved her life. Her passion for storytelling would soon bring her back to this history, and once again place her grandmother’s courageousness front and center in her life.
Tag: Spanish
Notes from Spain: the power of siestas
Currently studying abroad in Seville, Spain, Parishi Kanuga CM ’26 reflects on how the Spanish siesta has changed her way of life. Might we take the siesta as an example of how to slow down and deprioritize productivity?
Trabajadores de cocina de Pomona consideran votar a la huelga, dependiendo de las próximas negociaciones contractuales
Después de una junta de negociación contractual este martes entre la administración de Pomona College y representantes del sindicato de cocina de Pomona, algunos miembros del sindicato le dijeron a TSL que si no se llega a un acuerdo en la próxima junta, es posible que lleven a cabo un voto de huelga.
Conoce a parte del equipo de cocina de Pomona: Olga, Teo y Jesús
Traducido por Sara Garza Durante el Día del Trabajo este año, miembros de la comunidad de los 5Cs se juntaron para apoyar a los trabajadores de los comedores de Pomona College en su lucha para incrementar sus salarios. Mostrando solidaridad hacia los trabajadores, cientos de estudiantes y empleados de Pitzer
The shape-shifting magic of translated literature
It was “One Hundred Years of Solitude” that first made me sign up for Spanish classes in the sixth grade. I hadn’t even read Gabriel García Márquez’s landmark work yet. Really, I had only heard the first line: “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía