Hispanic Heritage Month 2021: Celebrating Influential Latinx Alumni Scholars, Creatives, and Social Justice Warriors
In recognition of Hispanic Hispanic Heritage Month, from September 15 to October 15, we’re pleased to showcase Latinx alumni whose influential work in academia, activism, and the arts continue to shape our world, from inspiring authors to Grammy Award-winning musicians.
Books
Duncan Tonatiuh Smith, BFA Integrated Design ’08 & BA Liberal Arts ’08
Undocumented: A Worker’s Fight
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
Jasmin Hernandez, BBA Strategic Design and Management ’02
We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World
Anna Meriano, MFA Creative Writing ’15
Love Sugar Magic: A Mixture of Mischief
Gema Kloppe-Santamaria, MA Sociology ’10; PhD Sociology and Historical Studies ’18
In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching, Extralegal Justice, and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico
Megin Jiménez, MFA Creative Writing ’04
Mongrel Tongue
Mia García, MFA Creative Writing ’09
The Resolutions
Art + Design
Denni Elias, BBA Strategic Design & Management ’16
Founder, Club Sirena
Renell Medrano, BFA Photography ’14
Photographer
Narciso Rodriguez, BFA Fashion Design ’82
Founder, Narciso Rodriguez
Lazaro Hernandez, BFA Fashion Design ’02,
Co-founder, Proenza Schouler
Lauren Rodriguez, BFA Fine Arts ’15
Founder, LOROD
CFDA
Antonia Wright, MFA Creative Writing ’05
Artist
Camila Capra, BFA Integrated Design ’15
Founder and Designer, Krudo Studio
Leslie Jiménez, BFA Fine Arts ’12
Multi-disciplinary artist and educator
Carolina Acosta, BFA Communication Design ’15
Founder, Tragos Games
Forbes 30 Under 30
Daniela Velasco, BBA Strategic Design and Management ’14
Creative Director, Photographer, and Designer
Creative Director, Drift Magazine
Television
Julio Torres, BA Literary Studies ’11
Comedian, creator and actor on HBO’s My Favorite Shapes and Los Espookys
Chris Costa, MFA Acting ’19
Actor, Sesame Street
Music
Linda Briceño, BFA Jazz and Contemporary Music ’18 & MA Arts, Management and Entrepreneurship ’19
Musician
Media and Policy
Raquel DeAnda, MS Design & Urban Ecologies ’15
Curator and Cultural Producer
Minister of Bridge Building, US Department of Arts and Culture, a grassroots action network inciting creativity to shape a culture of empathy, equity, and belonging
Ana L. Oliveira, MA Anthropology ’84
President & CEO, The New York Women’s Foundation
Pamela Aguilar, BA Liberal Arts ’05
Vice President, Original Documentaries — MTV Entertainment Group
Board Member, Women Make Movies; NALIP’s Diverse Women in Media Advisory Committee; and Jackson Wild’s New Voices Committee
Iyana Martin Diaz, BFA Communication Design ’19 & BA Culture and Media ’19
Founder, WMXN CREATIVE, a zine that addresses inequity for womxn of color within visual art and design, as well as the world of feminism
Daniela Alulema, MS Urban Policy Analysis & Management ’15
Program Director, Center for Migration Studies
Nelson Barbosa, PhD Economics ’02
Brazilian economist and professor of economics
Stay tuned for upcoming Hispanic Heritage Month alumni events and be sure to join an alumni community group, including Latinx Alumni Group.
