Cielo Cortes
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design
Graduating with Honors
In light of current global public health concerns, it is appropriate to re-imagine hospitality spaces to be more responsive in our times of need. Kious Kelly H+ Hotel is a space where hospitality and healthcare are merged in one place.
“The Kious Kelly H+ Hotel is named to honor Kious Kelly and other New Yorkers like him. He was an assistant nurse manager in Manhattan who helped COVID-19 patients and then became the city’s first health care worker to die from the virus.”