Hosted by the NYU Latinx Alumni Network, join this panel conversation on Afro-Latinindad and an exclusive sizzle reel preview screening of I’m Not My Hair, a documentary by Cynthia Bastidas chronicling the natural hair journey of an Afro-Latina woman, Cristina Garcia de Leon, and the various ways anti-Blackness manifests itself in the everyday life of Afro-descendant women. 

The short screening and discussion will be the starting point for a panel discussion with Afro-Latina women professionals, scholars and artists. They will be discussing their work and personal experiences with the topic and their own relationship with their identities. The event will conclude with a reception. This event is co-sponsored by The Latinx Project.

Panelists include: 

Tanya K. Hernandez, Professor at Fordham University School of Law, Author of Racial Innocence 

Leiry Santos, Assistant Director of the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs at NYU 

Sulma Arzu-Brown, Author, Scholastic Mentor, Owner of Sulma LLC 

Griselle Baret (Moderator), Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

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About the NYU Latinx Alumni Network

NYU LAN connects alumni, who identify within the Latin American and Hispanic communities, to both NYU and one another through various social, cultural, educational, and community service events in the New York City area and beyond.