Kogod alumna Cecilia Majors grew up hearing stories of her abuelito before he immigrated from Ecuador, South America, to the US. “He was a community organizer who helped underserved communities in his small town,” says Majors. “Those stories inspired and stuck with me—I wanted to make a difference even just for one person.”
Now, the senior diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program manager at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), Majors works directly with AIR’s chief DEI officer and the DEI council to engage colleagues and integrate diversity into all of AIR’s initiatives.