Ancha Santana

Ancha Santana is a community organizer and licensed mental health counselor at Brown University. She identifies as a queer, Black, African woman, born in Cape Verde and raised in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Topics in the interview include Cape Verdean community, racism at universities, queer nightlife, and organizing the Queer and Trans POC Dyke March.

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Date of Interview: 2024-01
Interview Length: 1:21:00
Tags: First generation children, Coming out (Sexual orientation), LGBT pride parades, COVID-19 Pandemic, Cabo Verdean Americans, Racism, Queer Black people, Dyke marches
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Interviewer: Jessica Jiang