Meet Us
Leadership
Dr. Elizabeth Vaquera
Executive Director
Trey Johnston
Associate Director
"Research on Latinos in the U.S. guides all the work that we do in our student programming, and our experience in and out of the classroom with our scholars inspires and informs the research we do. Both components are essential to the mission of the Cisneros Institute."
Dr. Elizabeth Vaquera
Executive Director
Team
- Staff
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Nanci Esparza
Program Coordinator
Johanna Cajina
Communications Manager
- Fellows & Experts
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Dr. Elizabeth Aranda
Senior Fellow, Research
Dr. Gloria Gonzalez
Executive Coach in Residence
Dr. Janice Shack-Marquez
Senior Fellow, Leadership
Thomas Rachko
Policy Implementation Specialist
Courtney Riggle-van Schagen
Non-Resident Fellow
Nicole Encarnacao Bartels
Professor, Foundations of Latino Leadership
Lora Adams
Research Analyst and Policy Writing Instructor
- Affiliate Faculty
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Cisneros Affiliate Faculty are members of the GW faculty who are Latino/a/e/x and/or whose work focuses on issues related to Latinos in the United States. In addition to generating research, affiliate faculty serve as mentors and participants in the Institute’s leadership development programs.
- Graduate Fellows
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Naomi Falú-Guzmán
Academic Success
Diego Garcia
STEM
Maria Hernandez Pinto
Communications
- Research Assistants
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Delilah Cruz
Research Assistant
Jackie Dioses
Research Assistant
Georgette Encinas
Research Assistant
Christopher Flores-Moreno
Research Assistant
Annabelle Manzo
Research Coordinator
- Interns
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Jacob Arias
Administrative Intern
Nicole Becerra
Administrative Intern
Emely Bermudez
Administrative Intern
Sophia Benavente-Sayani
Administrative Intern
Marko Sanchez
Administrative Intern
