Tesia Galvan is a senior journalism student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale expected to graduate in December 2015. She has maintained a 3.4 GPA and has been on the Dean's List since 2014. Galvan has been involved in several on-campus organizations including the Hispanic Student Council and Grassroots Magazine. She has also gained professional experience through externships with Gapers Block in Chicago and as an interviewer for the Carbondale Community Research Team. Galvan has had one article published on Gapers Block's website and will have a creative non-fiction essay published in the Spring 2015 edition of Grassroots Magazine.