{"id":39031,"date":"2025-02-21T00:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T05:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=39031"},"modified":"2025-04-03T22:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T02:08:00","slug":"student-dominican-association-returns-after-a-nearly-two-decade-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/student-dominican-association-returns-after-a-nearly-two-decade-hiatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Students Association Returns After A Nearly Two-Decade Hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Elsa Tanis first arrived at North Campus in 2001 she struggled to fit in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two years after arriving in the United States her English was shaky and she missed her hometown\u2014Santo Domingo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But then she had a breakthrough. Tanis found some of the Caribbean flavor she had been missing after joining the Dominican Students Association.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy English was not that great, and I didn&#8217;t have that many friends, connecting with people that were from my own country, and that spoke my language was like a plus to me,\u201d Tanis said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization soon became a second family. As part of their community outreach, she spent hours at a senior living facility in Hialeah handing out flowers and ice cream and preparing pastry baskets for tenants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This spring semester, Tanis, who is now the club\u2019s<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">advisor, revived DSA. It had been inactive for almost 20 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe idea is to share the beauty of our culture with other people, so they understand what it means to be Dominican,\u201d said Tanis, who is an outreach coordinator at Single Stop at North Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To spread the DSA culture, she recruited <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/miami-culinary-institute-student-aims-to-be-the-dj-khaled-of-latin-cuisine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Barruos-Brens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a charismatic culinary student, who was raised by Dominican parents. Chef Christian, as he is fondly known, accepted the challenge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He recruited the club&#8217;s first members and collected the paperwork needed for approval of the club.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was like, &#8216;Why can&#8217;t we just bring it back?&#8217;\u201d Barrous-Brens said. \u201cI&#8217;ll be the person to do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The club, which hosts meetings on the third Thursday of every month at noon in the breezeway of the 3000 building, now boasts more than 100 members, Tanis said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their e-board includes: president Henly Lizardo, vice-president Michelle Vazquez, secretary <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Janhelys Martinez, treasurer Melany Reyes and marketing director Gabriela Mir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI just want to open the door to anyone and show them that there&#8217;s no requirement [to join],\u201d said Vazquez, a freshman in the Honors College, whose mother is Dominican. \u201cWe just want to share with you.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DSA made their debut at Club Rush last month. Their first official event was a fundraiser to celebrate the independence of the Dominican Republic on Feb. 27 in the breezeway of the\u00a0 4000 building from noon to 2 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spearheaded by Chef Christian\u2019s efforts, the association will sell smash burgers and traditional Dominican cake (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biscocho).<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The profits will assist with the club&#8217;s future events that will include themes such as mental health, women\u2019s empowerment and sports.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about DSA or to join, call (305) 237-1399 or send an email to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:dsanorth.2024@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dsanorth.2024@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the interviews for this story were conducted in Spanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. 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