The Lotería NiuYorkina was made possible after the generous award from the CUNY Adjunct Incubators Fellowship and the CUNY Center for the Humanities.
Diana Higuera Cortes (she/her/ella)
She is a PhD student in the Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures (LAILaC) program at the Graduate Center-CUNY. She received her B.A. in Language Teaching from Universidad Pedagógica Nacional in Bogotá and her MA in Spanish and Latin American and Caribbean Studies from St. John’s University.
She’s interested in Language Ideologies, LatinX Studies, Migration, Spanish as a Heritage Language and critical approaches to language learning and teaching. A former CUNY Humanities Alliance fellow, she is currently an Adjunct Faculty at Lehman College and Queens College, CUNY.
Mateo Rafael Oldenburg
He is a young Venezuelan American artist based in Queens, NY. He is also a second year student at Queen’s College where he intends to major in Design and Philosophy. He enjoys to draw and illustrate using different techniques such as Graphite, Charcoal & Ink. In his free time, he explores his passion for Metal music by playing the guitar, singing and playing with his band, Dracolich.
