When I was selected to serve as a Master's Research Fellow under the Humanities Collaborative at EPCC-UTEP in the summer of 2022, I was rather enthused about the opportunity, especially since this isn’t my first intern experience in which I had to work independently.  Right before this point, I had served as an intern at the Centennial Museum at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) during the spring semester of 2022 where I was assigned to assist in projects and tasks.

If one ever wonders what the mystical Kingdom of Bhutan has to offer, a stroll around The University of Texas El Paso's campus has an answer to that curiosity.

What does it mean to be a historian? How does one do history? What other options does one have when pursing a history degree?

I'm Daphne Duenas.  I am 20 years old, and I was born in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and raised in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas,  Being part of the Humanities Collaborative at EPCC-UTEP has led me to many new experiences and opportunities, as well as new perspectives.

My final semester working under The Humanities Collaborative at EPCC-UTEP has been a bittersweet one, and the time has flown by a lot faster than I would have liked.