By Maria Angela Jungers
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“It took me some time and unlearning to recognize that different modes of communication are valid in academic writing spaces. Through experimenting with multimodal composition and discovering more voices like mine, I was able to integrate my own voice into my writing. These diverse voices helped me see that there is no singular, “correct” way to communicate ideas. This video is a visual representation of my journey of concealing my true self as a writer due to the pressure to conform to the dominant structures of traditional academic writing, which often feels disconnected from my personal style, culture, and experiences. It captures this transformation through movement, facial expressions, and silence until the very end—symbolizing a breakthrough from uniformity to integrating my personal voice. Nothing was re-recorded in this video. I wanted to capture the messy process of creating and experimenting, rather than focusing on producing a polished final product. Shot from my iPhone.”
Author Bio
Maria Angela Jungers
Maria Jungers is a graduate student in the literature and writing program at CSUSM and a full-time marketing writer. She is also the Founder/Editor-in Chief of In Her Space Journal, a literary journal dedicated to uplifting the underrepresented voices of women.