LLS alumna State Senator Cellina Villanueva will be the keynote speaker for this year's Humanities Open House. Afterwards State Senator Villanueva will be joined by Jessica Berbey (English and Creative Writing '19; associate editor at DC Comics), Ben Branham (English '01; executive vice president of corporate reputation at Weber Shandwick, previously served as the CCO for The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey), Christina Brodbeck (History '01; currently a start-up investor, was a first designer/founding team member at YouTube), and Jennifer Mendez (East Asian Languages and Cultures '14; director, First Generation Student Initiatives at the Jeffries Center at Illinois). Latina/Latino Studies Professor Natalie Lira (also an alumna) will moderate.
Learn more about the panelists: https://hri.illinois.edu/humanities-open-house/open-house-alumni-panel