Meet the Team

Amy, a white woman with straight, shoulder-length blonde hair, wears a burgundy blouse with gray jeans and sits in her mobility scooter in front of a wall with blue and white geometric shapes. 
Image description: Amy, a white woman with straight, shoulder-length blonde hair, wears a burgundy blouse with gray jeans and sits in her mobility scooter in front of a wall with blue and white geometric shapes. 

Dr. Amy Kenny (she/her) is a disabled scholar-practitioner, writer, and advocate, and serves as the inaugural director of the Disability Cultural Center. Her work on disability has been featured in Teen Vogue, Huff Post, The Mighty, Sojourners, and Shondaland. Kenny’s award-winning book, My Body is Not A Prayer Request, mixes humor, personal narrative, and theology to invite faith communities to rethink their ableism and learn from the embodied wisdom of disabled people. 

In addition to her academic work, Kenny has served on the Mayor’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force and as a facilitator for Freedom Road Institute for Leadership and Justice. While co-leading a mutual aid group supporting neighbors experiencing homelessness for several years, she co-founded Jubilee Homes OC, a permanent supportive housing initiative in her community. 

Originally from Brisbane, Australia, she is at home in the water, where she’d always rather be.

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Monica Kessel (She/They) is a graduate student in their last semester of the Higher Education Administration program at Georgetown. Monica is collaborating with Dr. Kenny this semester, conducting research to further accessibility in non-academic areas of the college experience. 

When not completing course work, Monica can be found in Philadelphia where they work as an Events and Reservations Coordinator for UPENN’s University Life Space and Events.

Image description: Marcia, an Hispanic woman, has black hair and is wearing a black blazer and a white shirt.
Image description: Marcia, an Hispanic woman, has black hair and is wearing a black blazer and a white shirt.

Marcia Salas (she/her) is a second-year undergraduate student at Georgetown. She currently wants to double major in Finance and Operations & Analytics (OPAN) and possibly minor in Entrepreneurship. She is a Student Academic Assistant at the Disability Cultural Center under Dr. Amy Kenny. Collaborating with the other four Academic Assistants, Marcia oversees DCC’s Campus Groups. She actively works to expand DCC’s presence on campus and assist with future programming/goals.

Marcia resides in Lima, Peru. Being Head Student Council, she advocated for inclusion and diversity in her community to eliminate harmful material that perpetuates stereotypes from the school’s curriculum. In the past, Marcia was part of a consulting internship where she advocated for funding for low-income NGOs. 

Outside of the Disability Cultural Center, Marcia is part of Georgetown Global Consulting Club (GGC), The Caravel Journal and the Latin American Student Association (LASA).

Image description: Russell is a Black man with short black hair. He is wearing glasses and a red shirt in a pixelated location.

Russell Niglo Adzedu (he/him) is a junior from the SFS-Q where he majors in Culture and Politics, with a minor in Media and Politics.  For the Spring and Summer Semesters, he will be studying in DC where he hopes to delve deeper into his research focus on invisible disabilities and how they have been portrayed across media, as well as how policies can be made to improve the general lives of people with disabilities. He looks forward to helping the DCC as a space that celebrates all peoples.
He is a peer Advisor with the Honor Council, the African Students Association, and is on a student panel to help increase diversity and inclusion in GU-Q.

Image description: Tara is a half-Asian woman with shoulder-length dark brown hair. She is smiling, wearing a tan jacket, standing with buildings and a river in the background.

Tara Haas (she/her) is a Junior in the School of Health, studying Human Science with a Disability Studies minor. Tara calls Minnesota home! Tara is very excited to be working as a Student Academic Assistant at the DCC alongside other students, managing social media accounts. She looks forward to expanding the DCC’s social media presence and to share all of the happenings within the DCC community!

Outside of the DCC, Tara is part of the SOH Academic Council, HOPE: Homeless Outreach and Program Education, Heroes4Hearts, and works at the Hoya Kids Center!

Image description: Chloe is a black woman with short, wavy hair. She is smiling, wearing a black shirt with puffy sleeves, and is sitting in a wooden chair in front of a tan background. 

Chloe Smith (she/her) is a Sophomore student in the Georgetown School of Nursing. Chloe is interested in women’s health and is an aspiring Certified Nurse-Midwife. She is a student assistant at DCC, and is responsible for creating our newsletter. She looks forward to collaborating with other organizations to ensure that students are informed about upcoming events and programming!