Introduction

My name is Michelle Pérez. I am a fourth year Human Geography major minoring in Latin American

Studies. Since both of my parents are Argentinean, I have had the privilege of visiting Argentina at least once every two years. Every visit is drastically different. Latin America is constantly in a state of change and becoming. This is why it is so difficult to pin it down. This very nature of Latin America is what interests me the most. I hope that this course will enable us to explore Latin American identity from a historical, political and social perspective.