{"id":855,"date":"2026-02-08T23:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/?page_id=855"},"modified":"2026-02-08T23:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:09:54","slug":"maira-vargas-22","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/maira-vargas-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Maira Vargas &#8217;22"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_Vargas_Fa22.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-856\" style=\"width:368px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_Vargas_Fa22.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_Vargas_Fa22-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sociology &amp; Education double major<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating, I took a two-week trip to visit family back home in Colombia. I had a great time seeing family, eating everything, and reacquainting&nbsp;myself with&nbsp;<em>el lugar que me vio nacer<\/em>. I can&#8217;t wait to go back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not long after I\u00a0got\u00a0back to the states, I started my Fellowship at DonorsChoose, where I&#8217;ll be for the next year. The fellowship is divided into two rotations and for the first six months, I&#8217;ll be working as the Equity &amp; Experience Fellow. So far, I&#8217;ve collaborated on projects concerning our diversity, equity, and inclusion work and creating our hybrid workplace. Stay tuned for what I&#8217;ll be doing in the next rotation! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides work, post-grad life has included figuring out a work-life balance, finally\u00a0<em>actually<\/em>\u00a0trying to get my license, and lots of baking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sociology &amp; Education double major After graduating, I took a two-week trip to visit family back home in Colombia. I had a great time seeing family, eating everything, and reacquainting&nbsp;myself with&nbsp;el lugar que me vio nacer. I can&#8217;t wait to go back! Not long after I\u00a0got\u00a0back to the states, I started my Fellowship at DonorsChoose, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1947,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1947"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/FLIresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}