Internship with El Pueblo; “Our History, Our Voice: Latinx at Duke”

Carlo-Alfonso spent the summer of 2021 working for El Pueblo researching the barriers that prevent Latinx business owners from participating financially in political campaigns. Carlo-Alfonso conducted interviews with fundraising experts and Latinx business owners across the Research Triangle area and applied that research to building an important organization on Duke’s campus that directly enacted his vision for political engagement: the Duke Latinx Business Organization. In the process, he also helped organize a larger cohort of Latinx student organizations across Duke who in spring 2021 pressed the University to fulfill its curricular promises and to create a public history of Latinx student organizing and community at Duke University. Carlo-Alfonso’s role in that story is told here in a recent issue of Indy Week. The exhibit which opened February 21st and currently occupies a primary space in the entrance of the Perkins Library, can be seen here: Our History, Our Voice: Latinx at Duke. After graduation, Carlo-Alfonso will be working in finance and is planning on running for elected office.