The Poet President: Dr. Daisy Cocco De Fillipes, President of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York

<p>In this episode, we speak with the pioneering scholar, poet, Dominican immigrant and remarkably inspiring higher education leader, <a href="https://www.hostos.cuny.edu/Administrative-Offices/Office-of-the-President/President-s-Bio">Dr. Daisy Cocco De Fillipes,</a> who recently returned to her beloved <a href="https://www.hostos.cuny.edu/Home">Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York </a>to serve as President. &nbsp;A highly student-centric leader, Daisy's tenure as a faculty member, dean, provost and two-time president is marked by a series of bold and wise actions which have strengthened the learning environment and student experience. &nbsp;During our conversation we learn about the influences that have shaped Daisy's approach to leadership, her love of poetry and the humanities, her belief in the goodness of others and what it is like to be on the receiving end of one of those unsolicited phone calls and gifts from the <a href="https://www.hostos.cuny.edu/Home-Page-Content/News/Philanthropist-Mackenzie-Scott-Gifts-Hostos-With">philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.</a></p>