Conference Planning Team

Conference Co-Chairs

María de los Ángeles Aguilar, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer, Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, MacMillan Center, Yale University

Eileen Michelle Galvez

Assistant Dean of Yale College, Directora of Yale's La Casa Cultural, & Ph.D. Candidate at Colorado State University

Maryam Ivette Parhizkar

Ph.D. Candidate of American Studies and African American Studies,
Yale University

Conference Committee Members

Leigh-Anna Hidalgo, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration
Yale University 

Katy Maldonado Dominguez

Ph.D. Candidate of American Studies

Yale University

Luna Najera, Ph.D.

Senior Lector and Associate Research Scholar of Spanish & Portuguese
Yale University

Eve Famutimi

Program Manager, Yale College Dean's Office
Yale University

Central Americans for Empowerment (CAFÉ) - Yale Chapter

(Back row: Angel Alvarado Amaya, Tadea Martin-Gonzalez, Michael Paz, Rolando Kattan Rubi, and Jasselene Paz
Front row: Elena Serpas, Eileen Galvez, and Samantha Suazo)