“DA Voices” is a recurring feature used to spotlight De Anza College’s diverse community voices. We ask the same question to different people and arrange their quotes so that readers can see varying points of view. This week, our reporter Sabrina Kulieva and our Art & Entertainment Editor Ingrid Lu asked, “What does Women’s History Month mean to you?”

Psomí Robinson, 24, an anthropology major, said that Women’s History Month is about female achievement, as well as personal relationships with women.

“It’s about remembering the women that have done some amazing things in the past and just honoring the women in my life,” Robinson said.

For Christian Pineda, 18, a psychology major, Women’s History Month is about one particular person.

“I think the meaning of Women’s History Month in my life is that women are very important,” Pineda said. “I have my best friend who has actually saved me from suicide on multiple occasions and I just really appreciate her for that every day.”

Isabel Castrejon, 18, a psychology major, said that she spends time with her mother during this month.

“I think it’s the appreciation of all the women who have supported me in my life, in general. But specifically my mother, she’s worked really hard to get us to where we are in life now. She immigrated here, so I look up to her a lot for her resistance,” Castrejon said.

Andres Vega, 25, a computer science major, also gave his mother special acknowledgement.

“My mom, definitely,” Vega said. “Other than the obvious things like giving birth to me, she also helped raise me to the person I am currently, and I love her.”

Elizabeth Tsai, 17, a computer engineering major, said that Women’s History Month is something that helps people to remember what it’s like to be a women:

“Women’s History Month is a very special month where people can know more about women in the past,” Tsai said. “Women who make new innovations, represent different cultures and break rules that other people put on them, creating new rules for themselves.”

Bryce Aberg, 20, business major, named the women that he appreciates the most.

“I honestly didn’t know it was Women’s History Month, but now that you say it, I love my mom and I love my girlfriend,” Aberg said.