Mentoring - Leadership  

I believe in the power of Paying It Forward  and professional service.

Current Leadership Positions

• Director of the Faculty Research Group of Immigrants in Minnesota, SCSU (2017-present).

• Editor for American Journal of Health Economics, Special Edition on Health Equity (2022-present).

• Associate-Editor for the Review of Black Political Economy (2022-present).

• Executive Board Member of the Committee of the Status of Minorities in the Economics Profession (2023-present).

• Board Member, Health Econometrics Workshop (2015- present).

• Executive Board Member of the American Society of Hispanics Economists. VP- Communications.

• Co-Director of the SCSU Survey Center, SCSU (2014-present).

Past Leadership/Mentoring Positions

• Executive Board of ASHE (2019-2021).

• Director ASHE Mid-Career Mentoring Program 2022-2023

• Faculty (Teaching and Mentor), Howard University, American Economic Association (AEA) Summer Program (Summer 2021).

• Faculty Director of the SCSU Study Abroad Program in the UK (2021-2022).

• 2020 President of the American Society of Hispanic Economists.

• Executive Board Member of the American Society of Hispanic Economists (2019-2021).

• Professor and Mentor, PPIA Junior Summer Institute. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota (Summer 207, Summer 2018).

• Board Member, Minnesota Economic Association (MEA) 2011-2014.

• Executive Board Member of the Hispanic Advocacy for Community Engagement and Research (HACER) 

Service

I have served the university and the community in several impactful leadership positions. My CV lists some of them. 

Another way of professional service is to be an expert scholar in the area. See my page here.