“I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.”

Ellen Ochoa
First Latina astronaut.
Her first of four shuttle
missions was in 1991.
Faculty / Staff

The talented and dedicated faculty at the DU Latino Center represent a mosaic of knowledge, culture and experiences rooted in the diversity of Latino communities.

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Debora Ortega, PhD

  • Director
  • Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Work
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Miriam Bornstein Gómez, PhD

  • Associate Director
  • Associate Professor, Department of Languages and Literature
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Bernadette Calafell, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Department of Human Communication Studies
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Elizabeth Escobedo, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of History
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Rafael A. Fajardo, MFA

  • Associate Professor, Electronic Media Arts Design (eMAD), Digital Media Studies (DMS), and Game Development
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Luís León, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
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Lisa M. Martinez, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology
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Daniel McIntosh, PhD

  • Professor, Department of Psychology
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Wendy Mendez, MA

  • Lecturer, Department of Languages and Literature
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Salvador Mercado, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Languages and Literature
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Maria del Carmen Salazar, PhD

  • Assistant Professor , Curriculum and Instruction, Morgridge College of Education
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Oscar U. Somoza, PhD

  • Professor, Department of Languages and Literature
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