Team
Leadership
Dr. Elizabeth Vaquera
Executive Director
Trey Johnston
Associate Director
Cisneros Fellows
Daniela Villacres, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Diego Scharifker
Fellow
Courtney Riggle-van Schagen
Fellow
Partners
Nicole Encarnacao Bartels, Ph.D.
Professor, Foundations of Latino Leadership
Janice Shack-Marquez, Ph.D.
Professor, Foundations of Latino Leadership
Lora Adams
Research Analyst and Policy Writing Instructor
Program Coordinator
Nanci Esparza
Program Coordinator
Graduate Fellows
Johanna Cajina
Communications
Carolina Fuentes
Culture & Engagement
Diego Garcia
STEM Tutor
Theresa Hernandez
Course Instructor
Jocelyn Marquez
Academic Success
Institute Student Staff
Delilah Cruz
Administrative Assistant
Jackie Dioses
Research Assistant
Christopher Flores-Moreno
Research Assistant
Liani Guzman
Research Assistant
Annabelle Manzo
Administrative Assistant
Javier Orellana
Administrative Assistant
Nanci Pulido
Research Assistant
Laura Rodriguez Correales
Research Assistant
Advisory Council
Shalimar Alió
Vice President, Media Strategy
Comunicad
Jeyben Castro
Director of Diversity & Inclusion
US House of Representatives
Noralisa Leo
President & Founder
Volta Communications Group
Natalia Olson-Urtecho
Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer
The Disruptive Factory
Jackie Puente
Executive Director for External Affairs
COMCAST
Maria Rodriguez, GW BBA ‘82
President & CEO
Vanguard Communications