Let's Talk About: An Interview with Glickman Prize Award Winner, Karina Aguilar Guerrero
The Priscilla Glickman '92 Memorial Prize is awarded to a Princeton senior who has demonstrated independence and imagination in the area of community service, seeks knowledge and purposeful adventure in unfamiliar cultures, and maintains strong academic work. The prize commends the qualities of curiosity in the world and commitment to the betterment of the world by recognizing outstanding past contributions to community service. The prize is awarded to encourage the student recipient to explore new challenges in the future. The prize winner is announced annually at Class Day.
Daniela is a recent graduate of the class of 2021 from Miami, FL. She transferred to Princeton in 2018 as part of the university's first transfer cohort since 1990. Daniela majored in Spanish & Portuguese with a certificate in Latin American Studies. She centered her studies, extracurricular activities, and internship experiences on migration politics and immigrant rights. Driven by her desire to support Princeton's growing transfer community and enhance the transfer student experience, Daniela co-founded the Princeton Transfer Association, serving as Vice-President. She also served as a Project leader for El Centro, where she taught English as a Second language classes to adult migrants in Trenton, competed with the Mock Trial Team, and worked as a Writing Center Fellow. Throughout her time at Princeton, Daniela interned at a migrant shelter in Oaxaca, Mexico, and with the American Civil Liberties Union's Equality Division on immigrants' rights.
