For Iberian Linguistics Students, Two Different Paths Converge in Spanish Language M.A./Ph.D. Program
By Eva M. Wheeler

A commitment to diversity defines the career paths of two recently admitted graduate students to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCSB. Despite success in banking (Chui) and legal advocacy (Wheeler), both students decided to change their careers and pursue graduate studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UC Santa Barbara. The Spanish language, once merely a medium through which both students interacted with their clients and conducted business, has been redefined as their primary professional focus.   Daniel and Eva chose to pursue degrees in Iberian Linguistics not despite their successes but because of the intimate, life-changing interactions with Spanish-speaking immigrant communities that their individual fields afforded them.