Dr. Javier Ávila kicks off SU Diversity Week with ‘The Trouble with My Name’

Shippensburg University kicked off Diversity Week on Monday through an evening of storytelling and poetry with “The Trouble with My Name” with Javier Ávila, a Puerto Rican author, poet and English professor. Ávila’s talk with students focused on his journey navigating race, cultural identity and trouble with speaking another language in America.