In light of Brown’s transition to online learning, the U-FLi Center will be sharing narratives from the Class of 2020. We aim to affirm and honor graduating students’ time at Brown. Read about Giselle Flores Alvarado (she/hers) below:

What does it mean to you to be U-FLi?

For me being U-FLi means breaking boundaries and creating new space for me and other students like me.

What communities at Brown have been influential in making it feel like a home?

The ufli and queer alliance have helped me so much. There has been so much support, love, and kindness within these spaces and it is because of this that I was able to grow and thrive.

Advice you’d give your first-year self?

I would tell myself to take it slow, to have patience, and most of all to reach out for help.

Favorite memory at Brown?

My favorite memory was the queer prom at the end of my first year. It was a beautiful experience to be out and celebrating my sexuality and friends in such a beautiful way.

Who are you away from Brown/outside of the student identity? 

I am a lesbian, Latinx poet.