Rolando received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Pitzer College, completing a double major in Sociology and Spanish. As an undergraduate, Rolando completed two qualitative-based theses centering on Intercultural Bilingual Education and the revitalization of indigenous identity in Andean Ecuador, and a second thesis project examining the fluidity of racial and ethnic identity formations of Latinx students in domestic and international contexts after completing study abroad programs. As a summer fellow, Rolando will be aiding the Blueprint for Belonging’s ongoing meta-narrative scan of the Inland Empire, mapping the area’s regional economy and power-building infrastructure. Rolando has past experience in the Inland Empire through the Pitzer in Ontario Program.
