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A rts & E ntertainm ent Humanity on display
MEGHAN HURLEY STAFF WRITER MLH722@CABRINI EDU
Linda Panetta started at Cabrini wanting to be an accountant, majored in marketing with a minor in sociology and went on to become a prominent photojournalist in the world of human rights. Panetta, who graduated in 1988, has now brought her work full circle. Several of her photos are hanging in the hallway of the English and communication wing in Founders Hall.
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For the past 18 years, Panetta has traveled the globe, to places like Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Iraq and Afghanistan, taking pictures and documenting the social injustices that are rampant in these countries.
“Hopefully, the images will help students connect to these issues in a very real way,” Panetta said. She hopes that by seeing the people and places in the photographs, they will help breakdown cultural stereotypes and that students won’t see strangers. Instead, they will see their brothers, sisters, neighbors or best friends.
Panetta was not always inter-