People in the News

Every year, the Emory Alumni Board and the Student Alumni Board collaborate to honor exceptional students and recognize emerging leaders among the graduating senior class, naming them the 100 Senior Honorary.
 
These seniors embody a diverse spectrum of roles on campus: leaders, catalysts for thought, spirited athletes, academic mentors, and community influencers. Their dedication to their passions and endeavors has left an indelible mark on the Emory community, and each is committed to extending their impact to alumni communities worldwide.
 
Among this year's 100 Senior Honorary is one LACS major: América Moreno Ruiz.

América Moreno Ruiz, the 2024 LACS Student of the Year, is a Mexican-American senior pursuing a dual major in Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Spanish. Her academic pursuits are deeply rooted in Latinx studies, Chicano studies, migrant studies, and ethnographic research. She has been engaged in crafting her senior thesis with the support of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program. Post-graduation, América plans to embark on a gap year before setting her sights on doctoral studies in either Chicano or Latin American Studies.

The MMUF Spring Research Conference serves as a platform for senior fellows to showcase the culmination of their intensive two-year endeavors. This event holds immense significance for the students, and your support was greatly appreciated. Presentations delved into a variety of themes. América Moreno Ruiz unveiled her project: "The Rise and Effects of an Internal Ethical Dilemma of an Undocumented Immigrant" and Arturo Contreras presented his project: "Preserving Institutional Memory of the Emory Latinx Community through Archival Research and Oral Histories”. Congratulations to América and Arturo for their hard work and dedication on these incredible projects!

2021 LACS and Business double major Leida Cisneros is now a business consultant for Deloitte and the 'dreamer' has had her extraordinary story of walking from El Salvador to North Carolina as a seven-year-old memorialized by artist Rosalia Torres-Weiner and displayed by Wilmington's Cameron Art Museum.

Arturo Contreras, a fourth-year student majoring in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, curated the exhibit “Consciousness Is Power: A Record of Emory Latinx History” on display at the Robert W. Woodruff Library in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month.

LACS Director Robert Goddard has been asked for perspectives regarding his homeland Barbados' recent decision to end its political allegiance to the British monarch and to become a republic.

Why does Barbados’ symbolic transition to a republic matter - LSE blog

Interviewed by BBC Espanol about moves to republic in Caribbean