UWEC student exhibit explores immigration history

Through a series of 14 oil paintings, UW-Eau Claire student Gabriela Fuentes-Matamoros aims to highlight the country’s immigration history. “The program basically takes underrepresented groups of students, like people of color or first generation college students, low income [students],” Fuentes-Matamoros said.

The senior herself is a part of UW-Eau Claire’s McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, named after U.S. astronaut Ronald E.