<p>Hello all! I’m currently registered to attend UVa’s Fall Blast on Friday for prospective Hispanics/Latinos. My question is quite simple… will there be any Mexican Americans? My father is from Mexico so I’m legally half hispanic, but I show no visual characteristics unlike my father. Is this alright? Also because this event is on Friday, which is a school day, is there a way to get an excused absence from my high school?</p>
<p>I can’t answer the high school thing, but as for your heritage don’t worry about it. My grandmother is Mexican and so I am less hispanic than you are. However, UVA invites me to all these hispanic events and I am able to participate. As an added note, there are plenty of fair skinned Mexicans (and probably in other countries as well) due to European intermingling. I am not sure if that’s what you meant by physical characteristics, but there is a wide variety of traits that show among latinos.</p>
<p>My son is a current frosh at UVA and loves it. Have fun at the Fall Blast!</p>