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Lucky Stiff

Spotlight on Lucky Stiff: MFA Graduate in Directing

Lucky Stiff graduated in June 2019 from the School of Communication with a master of fine arts in directing. Their thesis, Becoming Lucky, explores the art of Drag through the intersections of nightclub culture, performance art, and theater. In addition to regular performances around Chicago, Lucky is cohost of The Tea, a weekly podcast cohosted by Chicago-based drag queen, T Rex.

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Liliana M. Hernandez Gonzalez

Spotlight on Liliana M. Hernandez Gonzalez: PhD Candidate in Environmental Engineering

Liliana M. Hernandez Gonzalez is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering. Her research focuses on determining the ecological resilience of urban green spaces in the Chicago metropolitan area and their benefits for storm water retention using a distributed high-frequency sensing network. Liliana is a former Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) participant and was recently inducted into the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.

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