The Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Lunchtime Colloquia Speaker Series presents
Paula Moreno, President of Manos Visibles
Paula Moreno will discuss her recently-published memoir, “El Poder de lo Invisible: Memorias de Solidaridad, Humanidad e Resistencia” (“The Power of the Invisible: Memories of Solidarity, Humanity and Resistance”).
A light lunch will be served
Paula Moreno is a Colombian industrial engineer and graduate in Italian language and culture. She also holds an Mphil in the philosophy of management from the University of Cambridge, in addition to studies in urban planning and leadership at Yale and MIT. Paula Moreno was a 2014 Yale World Fellow and a 2010 recipient of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship at MIT.
As Colombia’s former Minister of Culture, she was the youngest to hold the position and the first female Afro-Colombian to hold ministerial office. In 2013, she was recognized by the BBC as one of the top 100 female world leaders and has received multiple awards from a number of organizations such as the Association of Black Mayors in the United States, the Council of the Americas, the BMW Foundation, the World Economic Forum, the Mexican Government and the Colombian Government, among others. She founded Manos Visibles in 2010 and since then has presided over this organization as President. She is currently one of the 15 members of the Board of Directors at the Ford Foundation.