If you are lucky, life is a winding journey filled with ups, downs and joy that propels you forward. The road is bumpy, smooth, and full of meaning and textures in between. This page is a roadmap introducing you to Luz Vazquez-Ramos and her journey.

 

She is the proud child of immigrants, the second generation to attend college and the first generation to study and work abroad. She strives to take advantage of opportunities to learn and grow knowing that others have sacrificed and paved the road before her. Luz celebrates her multicultural experience having grown up in the space where two worlds intersect, Mexico and the United States.

 

Luz is a candidate for the dual masters degree in public administration and international education management at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS). At MIIS, she is refining her tools in management, leadership, and international education with an intercultural communication emphasis. 

 

Currently Luz is the Special Projects Manager for the California Mexico Studies Center in Long Beach, California. At the California Mexico Studies Center, Luz has designed a new study abroad program exclusively for DACA students. Luz is particularly passionate about designing study abroad programs that are accessible for students of color and other non-traditional study abroad students.

 

Luz Vazquez-Ramos is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer that served in El Salvador in Community Organization and Economic Development. While in El Salvador; Luz fell in love with the people of her community, Cantón San Isidro, Izalco. Together they created a micro-businesses for women and youth, a rural tourism committee along with a traveling youth theater group, and a new potable water system for her town. 

 

Luz is the former, Founding-Board President for CASA 0101 Theater and has been a volunteer at the theater since it opened its doors in 2000. She is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach and has over 18 years of experience in campaign finance, grassroots organizing and leadership development in the Latino community.