Meet the Team
Dannemart Pierre
Peggy J. Koenig ’78 Associate Dean of Students for Student Empowerment, Director of First-Generation & Low-Income Student Support
Dannemart Pierre is an educator, life-long learner, and lover of humans and culture. Her vision for a just and equitable higher education experience stems from her own background as a first-generation, low-income college student who immigrated to the United States from Haiti. The opportunity to lead the work to support and empower FGLI and Undocumented/DACA students at Cornell University is the fulfillment of that vision.
Victor Cuicahua
Associate Director for Student Empowerment, Undocumented and DACA Support
Victor Cuicahua (he/him) is the Associate Director for Student Empowerment, Undocumented and DACA Support.
Pa Nhia Yang
Assistant Director, First-Gen/Low-Income Student Support
Pa Nhia Yang (she/her) is the Assistant Director of First-Generation & Low-Income Student Support. Hailing from South Sacramento, CA, she is a first-generation college graduate and queer Hmong American who is passionate about equitable access to quality education. She practices from a person-centered and strengths-based framework.
Our team is growing
We are looking forward to expanding our support of the Cornell FGLI student community through the addition of the following professional staff.
- Associate Director for Student Empowerment, First-Generation & Low-Income Student Support (currently recruiting)