Denisse Córdova Montes is a lecturer-in-law in the Human Rights Clinic at the School of Law. Previously, she was based in Germany, where she coordinated the gender and women’s rights program at an international human rights organization. Her work focuses on the rights to food and nutrition, land, water, and decent working conditions, and has worked with Indigenous Peoples, rural groups, and immigrant workers in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. She was born in Lima, and while she has lived in Peru, Germany, Switzerland, and Canada, she has spent the majority of her life in the U.S. and considers Florida her home. Her husband, Andy Dykstra, is a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. They live with their 8-year old son, Julian, 4-year-old daughter, Nora, and cat, Mowgli.
Mahoney was the final hall converted to a Residential College in 1988. It was dedicated to Daniel J. Mahoney, the late publisher of The Miami News and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for several years. Completed in 1958, Mahoney was an 
