About us

Our values

The pillars that guide and inform our actions in all that we do.

Diversity

By centering the many ways we are different, we can celebrate what unites us and work towards the inclusion of us all.

Familia

We are sustained by fostering deep connections between students, faculty, staff, and the broader Chapel Hill community.

Orgullo

Our members embrace their spaces of service, scholarship, and leadership with strength and joy.

Innovation

We foster collaboration between students, faculty, and staff to innovate education.

Empowerment

Our environment is designed to create empowered leadership to further cooperation and partnership.

Our Staff

Our comprehensive and diverse team, ranging from professional directors to student ambassadors!

Director

Associate Director

Program Assistant

Paul Cuardos

Faculty Associate

Dayanara Camacho-Galacia

Student Ambassador

Mia Melendez-Ruiz

Student Ambassador

Estefani De Paz Rodriguez

Student Ambassador

Karen Chavez-Chavez

Student Ambassador

Maria Fernanda Barriaga-Mateos

Student Ambassador

Nathan Vara

Student Ambassador

Jose Cuc-Reyes

Student Ambassador

Angela Herrera-Morales

Student Ambassador

Celina Ocampo

Student Ambassador

National Advisory Board

Consist of local and national leaders who advance the mission of the Carolina Latinx Center through their gifts of time, expertise, financial support, and in connecting the Director of the center to individuals, corporations, foundations, and other initiatives that support the future of the Carolina Latinx Center beyond state resources.

Veronica Mora Flaspoehler President Carolina Alumni

Maria Estorino

Vice Provost for University Libraries and university librarian at UNC

Ron Bilbao

Managing Partner at Converge Public Strategies

Judith Montenegro

Director of Community Organizing for the Latinos in the Deep South Program at the Latino Commission on AIDS

Celina Holson

Chief Operating Officer at HCA Florida JFK North Hospital

Yuliana Rodriguez

Clinical Associate Professor &  Senior Honors Thesis Program Director at UNC School of Education

Ricky Hurtado

Program Officer at Z. Smith Reynolds

Kevin Ortiz

Consultant at Bank of America

Juan Castro Jr.

Research Consultant at The Lewin Group

Paul Cuadros

Associate Professor at UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

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