Team

Leadership
 

Dr. Elizabeth Vaquera

Executive Director

 

Trey Johnston

Deputy Director

Team

Senior Fellows

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Elizabeth Aranda

Senior Fellow, Research

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Nicole
Bartels

Senior Fellow, Teaching

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Gloria
González

Senior Fellow, Coaching

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Janice Shack-Marquez

Senior Fellow, Leadership

Visiting Fellows

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Wendy
Castillo

Child Trends-Cisneros Fellow

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Jimena
Cosso

Child Trends-Cisneros Fellow

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Qianxia
Jiang

Child Trends-Cisneros Fellow

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Sungjin
Lee

Child Trends-Cisneros Fellow

Affiliate Faculty

Cisneros Affiliate Faculty are members of the GW faculty. In addition to generating research, affiliate faculty serve as mentors and participants in the Institute’s leadership development programs.

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Staff

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Nanci Esparza

Program Coordinator

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Alejandro Pérez

Communications Manager

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Thomas Rachko, Jr.

Research and Policy Manager

Graduate Fellows

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Leslie Briseño

Graduate Fellow, 
Academic Success 

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Carolina Fuentes

Graduate Fellow,
Research 

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Leslie Rojas

Graduate Fellow,
Communications 

Student Researchers

 

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Katherine Sanchez Recinos

Research Coordinator

Student Researchers at the Cisneros Institute

As part of our model of academic development, the Cisneros Institute actively seeks to engage undergraduates in the research process. 

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Sophia 
Benavente

Research Assistant

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Perla 
Cabrera Torres

Research Assistant

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Yngrid
Guevara

Research Assistant

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Ingrid
Zurita

Research Assistant