The mural was significant because students used the mural as a rallying point [and] as a symbol of Latino pride and Latino struggles to make the experience of future Latino students at the University better. I started the ceiling and left it unfinished thinking that maybe someday I could come back and finish the ceiling.

Oscar Martinez

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