March 14, 2018
March 14, 2019
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will welcome Mariel
Fiori as this spring semester’s Hardman Journalist-in-Residence. She’ll give a talk
titled “Democracy and Journalism, the Hudson Valley, and What I Care About,” at 4
p.m. on March 28 in Murdock 218. Her talk is free and open to the public.
Fiori holds an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a bachelor's degree in
Spanish and Latin American and Iberian Studies from Bard College. Before coming to
the United States in 2003, she lived and worked for two years in Spain, and previously
in Buenos Aires, Argentina, her hometown, where she earned a degree in journalism
and studied legal and commercial English-Spanish translation at the Catholic University
of Argentina. She has worked for different mass media groups and independent media
in Argentina, Spain and the United States as a researcher, writer, translator, editor
and radio and television producer.
Fiori is chair of the Ulster County Hispanic Advisory Board Mano a Mano Coalition,
member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, NAHJ, the American Association
of University Women, AAUW, and the American Translators Association, ATA. From 2007
to 2013 she was a board member of Somos la Llave del Futuro, SLF, Inc., a Dutchess
County based nonprofit organization which seeks to build leadership in immigrant communities,
and from August 2010 to May 2015 she was a board member of Family of Woodstock, Inc.
She serves on the advisory board of Re-Think Local Hudson Valley and Arts Mid-Hudson,
and is a board member of the newly created Radio Kingston.
Together, English professors Zachary Finch and Hannah Noel are coordinating Fiori’s
residency at MCLA. During her visit to campus this month, Fiori will visit a number
of classes and meet with students and faculty.
"Fiori's visit to campus offers an exciting and timely opportunity for MCLA students
to engage with a dynamic, innovative, and community oriented journalist,” said Noel.
“While on campus, Fiori will conduct bilingual interviews with Beacon Web News and
BWN Espanol and visit many courses like my Media and Immigration senior seminar and
Intro to Latinx Studies courses."
For more information, (413) 662-5224, or visit mcla.edu/About_MCLA/notablespeakers/hardmanlectureseries.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) is the Commonwealth's public liberal
arts college and a campus of the Massachusetts state university system. MCLA promotes
excellence in learning and teaching, innovative scholarship, intellectual creativity,
public service, applied knowledge, and active and responsible citizenship. MCLA graduates
are prepared to be practical problem solvers and engaged, resilient global citizens.
