Kiaria Roache

Roache’s bio:

Kiaria Roache, 21, is a senior at John Jay College where she is majoring in Culture and Deviance with a minor in criminology. Born and raised in Farrockaway, Queens, Kiaria has witnessed systematic barriers influencing racism, poverty and the disparities within the criminal justice, education and healthcare systems. In her first semester of college, she learned that these social constructs directly and indirectly impact everyone. Understanding that, she has chosen to put her passion forward in committing to educating others on the importance of addressing these barriers. From the start of her college career, she has done extensive research surrounding the flaws within the criminal justice system, intergenerational trauma, COVID-19 and its effects on impoverished communities, drug use and abuse, homophobia, and cultural rituals.

Roache is a Culture and Deviance Studies Major in the Department of Anthropology. In her Ant 327 course, Writing for a Multicultural World: Ethnographic Writing Roache put together this video called Covid 19's Wake-up Call.