DATE: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
TIME: 5:30PM - 6:30PM PT
LOCATION: LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

CLAA in collaboration with the Cornell Club of Los Angeles would like to celebrate Hispanic Heritage at Cornell and beyond with a discussion about the Day Hall Takeover, the impact of Cornell/students, the impact of activism on campus, and an opportunity to connect for those in the Southern California area. This event is the second event as part of the 30th year anniversary of the creation of CLAA and the Day Hall Takeover.

This event has a virtual option:
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About the Speakers

Professor and Chancellor's Fellow Dr. Bridget Cooks

Bridget R. Cooks is a scholar and curator of American art. Her research focuses on visual art by African Americans, Black visual culture, and museum criticism. She serves as Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor of African American Studies and Art History at the University of California, Irvine. She is core faculty in the PhD Programs in Visual Studies and Culture and Theory. Her books, articles, and essays can be found widely across interdisciplinary academic publications and art exhibition catalogues. She is most well-known as the author of the book, Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum (UMass, 2011) which received the inaugural James A. Porter & David C. Driskell Book Award in African American Art History.


Lorna Holt ‘96, Engineer (SoCalGas)

Lorna graduated from Cornell in 1996 with a B.S. in Biological Engineering. She presently works as an engineer in the natural gas industry. A current member of CAAAN, CBAA and CLAA, she has also recently held positions in industry organizations such as ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and SWE (Society Of Women Engineers). As a student at Cornell, Lorna was involved in numerous organizations including the National Society of Black Engineers, Cornell Biomedical Engineering Society, the Applied & Engineering Physics Society, Pamoja-Ni Gospel choir and was a former treasurer of La Asociación Latina. She was also in the first cohort of Cornell’s McLLU (Multicultural Living Learning Unit). A native of Panama, Lorna grew up primarily in Southern California. In her spare time she is working on a sensible housing project in Colón, Panama with her husband, Shomari.


Mr. Michael Moreno '96, BS Mechanical Engineering

Michael Moreno was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona and moved to Ithaca, NY to attend Cornell University in the fall of 1992. He is a proud alumnus of COSEP summer '92 and benefited greatly from the friendships, connections, and experiences he had that summer that helped shape his future at Cornell. While at Cornell Michael was a member of La Asociacion Latina, MEChA, NSBE and joined La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity in the Spring of 1994. Michael graduated in Spring 1996 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and began his career in manufacturing. Michael married Patricia in 2006, has three daughters, Victoria, Mariela, Mila, three dogs, and one cat (begrudgingly.)


Kety Esquivel ILR '97

Kety Esquivel is a senior executive with three decades of experience working with clients in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. Her work has taken her to China and Ethiopia with the UN Economic Commission for Africa. She's coached executives in the US, Canada and Latin America. She has led PR, Marketing, Communications, HR and digital efforts for top tier agencies, companies and nonprofits throughout the world. Kety graduated from Cornell University where she served on the Board of Trustees and has also studied at NYU and Harvard Business School’s Executive Program. She is the Vice President for the Cornell Latino Alumni Association.


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