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Zine gallery: Student identity project from Crissy Field Center I-YEL 2024-2025
Student identity project from Crissy Field Center's I-YEL program.
This year, the I-YEL Identity Project was inspired by the seminal work author Octavia E. Butler. Butler believed that “all that you touch you change, [and] all that you change changes you.” The project this year therefore sought to explore the interconnection between our identity as individuals and our community, as well as our community’s role in shaping it. To do this, students were to create zines reflecting on relationships that have significantly influenced their worldview. The project brought forth the following ideas:
- Our community (family, friends, mentors) play an invaluable role in the shaping of our identity.
- Identity work is both internal and collectivist.
- Tuning into the narratives of our community helps us establish a sense of grounded-ness in our identity.
- We are who we are because of the people around us.
At the end of the project, each student had a zine and interview to share with the broader group, illuminating the significance of our loved ones in shaping who we’ve become and who we’re becoming.
San Francisco
Who was your identity project about?
My identity project was about how Koby shared how his passions and what gave him a sense of community.
Why did you choose to do your project about this person?
I chose Koby Park because he is someone I look up to and someone who I truly felt connected with. He's someone with wisdom and always have sense of the best responses to say.
What is a characteristic or value that you learned from them that you now embody?
He is a human being and that he has his own struggles. This interview with him helped me learn that everyone has their own things going on, and he shared personal thing I didn’t know about him. This project helped me learn more about him.
Who was your identity project about?
My friend Chloe
Why did you choose to do your project about this person?
She has been close to me since childhood, and I LOVED HER!
What is a characteristic or value that you learned from them that you now embody?
Straightforwardness and speaking up since she is a straightforward honest person
View Elvis' zine
Who was your identity project about?
My project was about one of my old teachers.
Why did you choose to do your project about this person?
I picked him because they gave me hope at one of the worst times of my life.
What is a characteristic or value that you learned from them that you now embody?
I learned from them how to be myself, be confident in myself, always trying and helping others. Some values that I took from him was to always do what you can, ask for help when needed and to help others when as much as you can.
Who was your identity project about?
About my friend.
Why did you choose to do your project about this person?
She is my best friend.
What is a characteristic or value that you learned from them that you now embody?
I learned to be silly from her.
Marin
Who was your identity project about?
My dad.
Why did you choose to do your project about this person?
Because I dont usually thank my dad.
What is a characteristic or value that you learned from them that you now embody?
That they value their family.
Who was your identity project about?
My friend Cat.
Why did you choose to do your project about this person?
Because I feel comfortable to be vulnerable to.
What is a characteristic or value that you learned from them that you now embody?
Her ability to communicate her boundaries.
Who was your identity project about?
My identity project was about my mom.
Why did you choose to do your project about this person?
I chose to do my project on my mom because she does a lot for me and she always supports me.
What is a characteristic or value that you learned from them that you now embody?
I learned from my mom that you should go with the flow and to be grateful.
Who was your identity project about?
My older brother Ramesses. He is attending college at Santa Cruz as a business major.
Why did you choose to do your project about this person?
Even though I grew up with him, we have very different lives and how we perceive our childhood is different.
What is a characteristic or value that you learned from them that you now embody?
All Marvel, superhero, Lego knowledge is from him.
