Oriana Valencia

Name: Oriana Valencia Picture of Faculty/Staff Member
Alumni Of:
  • School of Modern Languages
Degree(s):
  • M.S. SPAN 2020
Biography:

Oriana Valencia, M.S. in Global Media and Cultures in Spanish, presented her final project, titled "Southern Roots: An Atlanta Jewish Story." "I'm making a documentary on an Atlanta Sephardic community," Oriana says. A Sephardic Jewish community, originating in Spain and the Mediterranean, has thrived in Atlanta since 1908. "The documentary will tell an alternative history of the U.S. South and show Sephardim in the modern day."