Waleska Del Valle Solórzano

Waleska Del Valle Solórzano is a Ph.D. candidate in Latin American Studies at Cornell University, where she also holds graduate minors in LGBT Studies and Media Studies. Her dissertation project combines aesthetic theory, art history, performance studies, oral histories, and philosophical analysis to examine how artistic communities across the Venezuelan diaspora draw on the past to animate an alternative to the traditional nuclear family and its spatial dynamics.

Waleska is the founder of the Venesporan Artists Project (2023), a digital archive and directory showcasing contemporary artists of Venezuelan descent. This experimental platform on Collection Builder was developed under the auspices of Cornell's Digital Co-Lab at Olin Library, the HASTAC Scholars program, and the Society for the Humanities.

Her experience spans archival research and transcription work with Cornell’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, specifically the Todosomos collection, as well as collaborative projects examining how cultural practices travel and transform through migration. She has lived and worked internationally across the Americas, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Her experiences abroad inform her understanding of belonging, displacement, and national identities.

Waleska holds an MA in Philosophy, Ethics, and Public Affairs from George Mason University. Her writing has appeared in Chasqui and Intervenxions.