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Class of 2016<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"Major<\/h3>\n

Communications<\/p>\n

Bio<\/h3>\n

In high school, Leora Lihach did a little acting but never imagined she\u2019d ever write a play. But thanks to Marymount University, she\u2019s done that and much more. Her first work, \u201cMadres de la Revolucion\u201d (Mothers of the Revolution) is based on the real-life testimonio<\/i>of Commander Nidia D\u00edaz, a mother and revolutionary who endured prison and human rights violations during the Salvadoran Civil War. It grew out of Leora\u2019s honors thesis and was written while she studied abroad at Oxford University in England through the honors program and Marymount\u2019s Center for Global Education.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mission with this play has been to create a testament to the belief that shared humanity can reconcile cultural differences,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Leora, who is teaching herself Spanish, originally sprinkled Spanish words in the script, then added phrases in subsequent drafts with the help of fluent friends. She also immersed herself in first-hand accounts of the Salvadoran Civil War. She knew that as an outsider, she had a responsibility to understand the world of the revolutionaries, their history and narratives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have Marymount to thank for helping me to see that,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The play won a Marymount Actors Guild contest, which encouraged Leora to take things further. Since then, Teatro de la Luna Theatre Company has done three staged readings of the play.<\/p>\n

Currently a fellow at Latinas Leading Tomorrow, which works with Latina students in public schools, Leora praised MU for teaching her that true empathy surpasses cultural boundaries and national borders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so lucky that Marymount is such an international school with an emphasis on a global perspective,\u201d she says. \u201cThat fueled all the work I did and helped make me the person I am today. It\u2019s been a crazy ride and I feel like I\u2019m paving my own path.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s also at work on a second play!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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