Macarena M. Correa '00
She gained fame for her name as a first-year. The song barely makes the play-list at weddings anymore, but the comments haven't let up.
Before even arriving in Cambridge, Macarena M. Correa '00 says, her potential leaders on the Freshman Urban Program (FUP) fought over who would get to have "the girl named Macarena" in their groups. Her name preceded her entrance into the College.
"The song was in its peak in, like, 1995," she remembers. "I knew about it before the hype became extreme."
As a first-year, she gained a small degree of cult-like fame among her classmates. People she didn't know would strike up friendly conversations with her in Annenberg, waiting to emote a "Hey...Macarena!" somewhere mid-sentence.
"I used to go to parties and they'd play it for me," she says. "At the Freshman Mixer, they played it twice."
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