Fall 2024 Intern

Nic Suarez (they/them) is a Cuban American graduate student at Teachers College, Columbia University. They were born and raised in Miami, Florida. Prior to attending graduate school, Nic received the Posse Leadership Scholarship to attend Syracuse University for their undergraduate degree. At S.U, they received degrees in both History and Writing & Rhetoric along with minoring in Atrocity Studies and The Practice Of Social Justice.

Within their history degree, Nic’s area of focus was American white supremacy, and they wrote their history capstone on the proliferation of Sandy Hook related conspiracies. In addition, Nic had the opportunity to edit (and write) for the writing department’s yearly magazine Intertext along with participating in the program’s yearly distinction thesis program. During their senior year, Nic won the Carol Lipson Outstanding Writing Major Award for their work in the major.

When not at the PTL Project, Nic can be found arguing over comics, crafting Dungeons & Dragons characters, and wandering New York City’s many lovely parks.

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During their internship with the PTL Project, Nic will research and produce a Profile Resource Kit for our LGBTQ+ Stories from Nazi Germany initiative. They will also manage the Project’s social media accounts, including the creation and posting of content.

Speaking about their motivation to work with the Pink Triangle Legacies Project, Nic says, "I was particularly motivated by the vision of Holocaust education geared for public consumption. I firmly believe that one of the many cures needed to help a society plagued by hatred is education. The PTL Project's mission to provide the wider public with the resources needed to have informed conversations about the Holocaust and the larger queer community is one that strongly resonated with me from the very moment I heard about it. To me, Pink Triangle Legacies is a commitment to engage in the same kind of organizing our queer forefathers partook in. Educating future generations about our proud gay legacies is one of the many steps toward liberation and equality for all."