CNET named her one of the 20 Most Influential Latinos in Silicon Valley.

Vasquez-Lavado was recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the Corporate Heroes of 2015. One of only a few women to complete the so-called Seven Summits – the tallest mountain on each continent – the Peruvian-born Vasquez-Lavado in 2014 founded Courageous Girls, a non-profit group dedicated to helping victims of sexual violence find their own sense of peace and closure through trekking. O’Connell appeared in conversation with Kidder. James O’Connell, who tends to Boston’s homeless community. Kidder’s new book Rough Sleepers, profiles Dr. Rosenthal Writer-In-Residence at Harvard University, his alma mater. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize for 1981’s non-fiction The Soul of a New Machine, Kidder is literary journalist who has received the National Book Award and Robert F. The lecture series is hosted by Dominican’s Institute for Leadership Studies. Allende will speak in person in Angelico on June 14. Kidder appeared live virtually on March 6, while Vasquez-Lavado (March 27), Mottley (April 24), and Dern (May 7) spoke in person in Angelico Concert Hall on the Dominican campus. Award-winning actress Laura Dern – along with Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder, explorer, mountain climber, and humanitarian Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, and New York Times bestselling novelists Leila Mottley and Isabel Allende – headline the Spring 2023 Leadership Lecture Series presented by Dominican University of California in partnership with Book Passage.

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