Beautiful Walks: Overcoming Adversity

Abstract

In “Beautiful Walks: Overcoming Adversity,” Viviana Diaz reflects on what it means to move through the world as a first-generation Latina student and traveler. Her multimedia piece blends storytelling with photography and visual collage, tracing a path from Los Angeles to New York and London. Diaz honors the women who shaped her resilience and opens space for other first-gen students to see movement as transformation rather than risk. Each “beautiful walk” invites reflection on how identity is made and remade through the journeys we dare to take.