Students anticipate Día de los Muertos celebration

Senior Inés García is excited to share Día de los Muertos this year with both her family and the Gunn community. García believes that Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is meant to be a day of celebration rather than a day of mourning. “It’s a chance to remember our ancestors and people we admire who have passed and their contributions to the world around us,” she said. ...

For junior Liliana Gomez, Día de los Muertos is about the traditions of cooking food, playing games and spending time with loved ones. While there is great diversity in how people celebrate Día de Los Muertos, Gomez usually celebrates the same way every year. “We celebrate it by putting an altar on our table, and we put a lot of different foods and candles,” she said. “Also, on that day,...