Dr. Paul Dosal is the Executive Director of ENLACE FLORIDA, a statewide network funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and managed by NCCEP to promote college readiness, access, and success for Latinos, African-Americans, and other underrepresented students through non-partisan research, communication, advocacy, and support. He is a Professor of Latin American History at the University of South Florida, specializing in the modern history of Cuba and the Caribbean region. He is the author of four books, including Comandante Che, a study of the military career of the legendary Latin American revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara, and Doing Business with the Dictators, a history of the infamous United Fruit Company in Guatemala in the early 20th century. His most recent book is Cuba Libre, a brief introductory history of Cuba designed for the classroom as well as a more general audience.
Dr. Leslie Navarro, Interim President, Morton College
Born and raised in Tampa, he is a fourth-generation descendant of Cuban immigrants who settled in Ybor City in 1889. A graduate of Hillsborough High School in Tampa, he earned his B.A. in International Politics at St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, North Carolina. He received his M.A. in Latin American Studies and Ph.D. in History at Tulane University in New Orleans. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of South Florida, he taught for nine years at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Leslie is the President for Morton College, which is located in Cicero, Illinois-about ten miles from Chicago. She was also the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Administration, Ethics Officer, Diversity Officer, and Chief Financial Officer for Morton College. Prior to her arrival at Morton College, she was an Associate Professor at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. Leslie holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, she has a Masters in Information Sciences and holds a B.A. in Journalism. She is a published author and has been a presenter at national and international conferences, including an engagement as an invited speaker for the Oxford Roundtable at Harris Manchester in 2005. In 2001, Leslie received a leadership award from the First Lady, Laura Bush, for her work with Texas Literacy. In her spare time, Leslie enjoys traveling with her husband, Josh, and partaking of the many culinary delights that Chicago has to offer.
Rosa M. García is Executive Director of Legislative Affairs for the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). In this role, she advocates at the federal level on behalf of 260 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and more than 400 HACU member institutions on higher education policy issues affecting HSIs and Latino student achievement. Prior to this, Ms. García served as a Senior Legislative Aide to Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Perez for whom she covered immigration, health care, adult education, early childhood education and civil rights issues. Ms. García has taught youth and adults in numerous educational settings and worked with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and various non-profit organizations. She also served as an Assistant Dean of Admissions at Wesleyan University and Swarthmore College.
Ms. García earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She holds a Master’s from Teachers College, Columbia University where she was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellows in Teaching scholarship in urban education reform. Ms. García also received a Master’s in Public Administration from Baruch College, City University of New York through the National Urban Fellows Program. Rosa M. García is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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