Meet Us
Leadership
Dr. Elizabeth Vaquera
Executive Director
Trey Johnston
Deputy 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
Nanci Esparza
Program Coordinator
Thomas Rachko
Translational Research 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
Courtney Riggle-van Schagen
Non-Resident Fellow
Nicole Encarnacao Bartels
Professor, Foundations of Latino Leadership
- Affiliate Faculty
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
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Annabelle Manzo
Public Policy
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Alexis Reynoso
Comms
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Jeremías Valenzuela Morales
STEM
- Research Assistants
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Delilah Cruz
Research Assistant
Jacob Arias
Research Assistant
- Interns
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Jannalis Almonte
Administrative Intern
Sophia Benavente-Sayani
Comms Intern
Marko Sanchez
Comms Intern
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Brandon Santiago-Ramos
Administrative Intern
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Mia Portillo
Administrative Intern
