2017

Ilan Unger (MA '17) .

Katheryn Maldonado (MA '17) Experienced General Coordinator and Office Manager with a demonstrated history in legal services.

2016

Pauline Batista (MA ’16) returned to UConn in Fall 2017 to being work on her PhD. In the Neag School of Education’s Learning, Leadership and Educational Policy program. Pauline was a torch bearer for the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero Brazil.

Ilan Sanchez Moreno (MA ’16) works in the World Languages department at The College Preparatory School in Oakland CA where he teaches Literature and Spanish.

Melvin J. Medina (MA '16) serves as Director of Strategic Initiatives for the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut (ACLU-CT). His primary responsibility is to lead the organization’s efforts to create and maintain community engagement through education, member attainment, and general outreach.

2015

Charlie Fuentes (MA ’15) is a Spanish teacher and head boys’ soccer coach at Choate Rosemary Hall.

Tyra Lewis (MA ’15) is an executive assistant with Clark University’s Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies.

Matthew Perse (MA ’15) was named head middle school track coach at Fort Worth Country Day School. He entered his third year of teaching in Texas in August 2017.

2014

Carla Silva-Muhammad (MA ’14) is the Graduate Program Coordinator at the University of Texas-Austin’s Theresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies.

Yesha Doshi (MA ’14) is a staff accountant with Ascena Retail Group, Inc.

Andrea Chunga-Celis (MA ’14) is a Grants Coordinator for Adelante Mujeres, a nonprofit organization working to educate and empower low-income Latina women and families in the state of Oregon.

2013

Maria Berger (MA ’13) works as an adjunct faculty member teaching Hispanic Culture and Communication in UConn's College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources. She also works as a freelance Spanish translator and tutor. She has traveled to China, Panama, Chile, and South Africa and enjoys every culture and their unique traditions.

Jenniann Colon (MA ’13) is engaged in free lance project management, human resources, communications and PR in San Antonio TX. She served as Executive Director of Ballet San Antonio and prior to that was Director of Communications for Academica SouthWest.

Jennifer A. Cook (MA ’13, Ph.D. Anthropology ’17) began a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in August 2017 at the Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX focused on immigration policy and public policy impacting Latinos. She teaches for the Anthropology Department and works closely with a Dallas-based NGO, the Latino Center for Leadership Development, which is working to create a “pipeline of leaders” equipped to address the rapid growth of the Latino population in the United States.

2012

Ruth Hernandez (MA ’12) is completing her Ph.D. in Sociology at UConn. Her dissertation research looks at the ways art and theatre are used as a means to establish transnational ties. In addition to her academic work, she is an activist involved in various community projects that aid temporary and permanent Latina/o migrants in Connecticut.

2011

Andrea Vega Mackler (MA '11) is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in UConn's Spanish Department. Her areas of interest are the connections between translation and culture, and the influence of translation on Argentinean literature.

2010

Ronnie Shepard (MA ’10 and Ph.D. in Anthropology ’16) currently holds positions as an adjunct professor and instructor at both UConn and Goodwin College. He is a social scientist experienced in teaching and conducting qualitative research and community outreach at the local and international levels.

2009

2008

Maria Cristina Durango Chavez (MA ’08) is a Chief Operating Officer at Aurea Bucio, a Mexican fashion designer.

2007

Yazmín A. García Trejo (MA '07) is a survey statistician and researcher at the US Census Bureau, Center for Survey Measurement. She works directly with the language and cross cultural group and studies the link between Census participation and Census knowledge among hard-to-count populations. Her latest publications include: 2017. "Use and practice of mobile web surveys among monolingual Spanish speakers." Survey Practice Co-authored with Alisú Schoua-Glusberg. Available at: http://www.surveypractice.org/index.php/SurveyPractice/article/view/410/html_93  2017."The Performance of Vignettes in Focus Groups and Cognitive Interviews in a Cross-Cultural Context." Survey Practice Co-authored with Mikelyn Meyers and Lucia Lykke.Available at: http://www.surveypractice.org/index.php/SurveyPractice/article/view/413/html_96 2017. "Census Knowledge and Census Participation Among Hispanics." Research Matters (Blog from the U.S. Census). https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/research-matters/2017/01/census_knowledgeand.html