El Salvador

My entire life has been filled with a vast array of different Salvadoran cuisine. I would watch my grandmother make tortillas or sopa in the kitchen every day, and wait patiently for my mom to bring home pan when she’d come back from work.

Cuando era niña, escuchaba historia tras historia de mi abuela en El Salvador — Abuelita Marta. Escucharía cuánto la amaba su familia, cuánto la extrañaba mi madre, cuánto la amaría yo también.

In recent years, Latinx and Chicanx students have made up a greater percentage of UC Berkeley’s transfer admit classes than its freshman admit classes — in the 2022-2023 cycle, nearly 30% of all admitted Latinx and Chicanx students were transfers.

My mother would occasionally tell me stories about her country and show me photos of my aunts, uncles and cousins in El Salvador. Although I felt a sense of closeness to the country and my family in it, nothing compared to when I experienced them firsthand during my trip there.

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When Veronica Aguilar’s life was threatened in El Salvador, she left the country she loved with $100 in her pocket to seek asylum in the U.S. Now in California, she awaits the arrival of her 15-year-old son, who is in Tijuana with the migrant caravan hoping to find refuge.

The band’s five members themselves hail from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from Spain and Turkey to Colombia, El Salvador and the United States.

Onlookers revelled not only in the sheer beauty of the parade on Sunday, but also in the cultural visibility it afforded.

If you've been meaning to venture out of your cuisine comfort zone, Berkeley is just the place to do it. Unbeknownst to many, there a quite a few restaurants that will satisfy your international culinary cravings found along a stretch of our very own University Avenue in Downtown Berkeley. Whether you want to try Indonesian, Salvadoran, Southern Indian or Brazilian food, this street has got you covered. Here's a quick guide to a few of our favorites.