Stefania Lugli
Some stories I've told...
Featured writing
Atlas Magazine, May 2019
"Mariya Taher considers herself a survivor.
Her family used to fly to India from California every other year to visit relatives. One summer, when she was seven years old, she visited a stranger’s apartment in India with her mother and aunt. Inside, her dress was lifted, her underwear was pulled down, and she felt a sharp sensation on her genitals..."
Surviving the cut.
Then leading the fight against it.
The Berkeley Beacon, October 2018
"Alumna Nicki Morris ‘15 helped organize UNITE HERE Local 26 hotel workers on strike in front of Sheraton Boston Wednesday morning.
Demonstrators orchestrated seven simultaneous strikes at Marriott hotels across the city beginning at 6 a.m. More than 1,500 Marriott International hotel workers in Boston walked out of their places of work to strike in the midst of a six-month-long discussion for contracts, according to a union press release..."
Emerson alumna supports Boston-wide hotel worker union strike.
The Berkeley Beacon, February 2019
"Junior Ana Salas arrived in the U.S. from Caracas, Venezuela when she was 18 years old to pursue communication studies at Emerson. Her mother pushed her to study abroad shortly after President Hugo Chavez was elected in 1998—predicting an eventual crisis in Venezuela..."
Students reflect on crisis in Venezuela at #trendingtopic event.
The Berkeley Beacon, October 2018
"Three Emerson students clutched a banner reading “#StopKavanaugh” in front of a rally of hundreds at City Hall Plaza Monday morning. Just days before, senior Erin Swauger, sophomore Annie Noel, and sophomore Mari Sitner organized the rally in opposition of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court..."