Vanessa Sanchez y La Mezcla

Vanessa Sanchez’s work as a dancer, choreographer, and founding artistic director of the dance group La Mezcla is born from deep engagement with the music and dance traditions of the Latinx and Afro-Latinx diaspora.

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Aracelis Girmay

Aracelis Girmay is the author of the collage-based picture book, changing, changing, and the poetry collection Teeth, for which she was awarded a GLCA New Writers Award.

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Nancy Lopez

The youngest woman ever to be inducted into the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Hall of Fame, Albany resident Nancy Lopez won forty-eight tournaments and earned more than $5 million in prize money during her career.

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