Organizers

CONFERENCE DIRECTOR

Stephen Jeanetta, Cambio Center, University of Missouri

CONFERENCE CO-DIRECTOR

Lindsey Saunders, Cambio Center Coordinator, University of Missouri

Content Co-Chairs

Stephen Jeanetta, Rural Sociology, University of Missouri

Kim H. Song, Educator Preparation, Innovation and Research, University of Missouri – St. Louis

PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Tim Abeln – University of Missouri-St. Louis

Diego Abente – International Institute of St. Louis

Karissa Anderson – Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis

Aaron Arredondo – University of Missouri

Jillian Baldwin-Kim – St. Louis University

Maria Teresa Balogh – University of Missouri-St. Louis

Drew Lenore Betz – Washington State University

Deborah Bolton – Kansas State University

Deborah Burris – University of Missouri-St Louis

Martha Caeiro – University of Missouri-St. Louis

Amy Yun-Ping Chen – St. Louis University

Stephen Christ – University of Missouri-Kansas City

Betsy Cohen – St. Louis Mosaic Project

Deborah Cohen – University of Missouri-St. Louis

Daisy Collins – Missouri State University

Anna Crosslin – International Institute of St. Louis

Ricardo Diaz – University of Illinois Extension

Xiomara Diaz-Vargas – Purdue University

Lisa Dorner – University of Missouri

Lisa Y. Flores – University of Missouri

Elizabeth Fonseca – University of Missouri-St. Louis

Arlene Galve Salgado – St. Louis Language Immersion Schools

Donna Garcia – University of Missouri Extension

Eleazar Ubaldo Gonzalez – University of Missouri

Megan Gore – Family Counseling Center – Columbia, MO

Alejandra Gudiño – University of Missouri

Paola Herrera – University of Missouri

Jorge Inzunza – Delavan-Darien School District

Stephen Jeanetta – University of Missouri

David Cassels Johnson – University of Iowa

Kate Koch – Casa de Salud

Domingo Martínez Castilla – University of Missouri

Felipe Martínez – Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis

Gerardo R. Martínez – Alianzas at University of Missouri – Kansas City

Rubén Martínez – Michigan State University

Linda Mertz – Hispanic Leaders Group of St. Louis

Luimil M. Negron – University of Missouri – St. Louis

David Nehrt-Flores – Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates

Gabriela Ramirez-Arellano – Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis

Athena Ramos – University of Nebraska Medical Center

Angelica Reina – Tulsa Community College

Ness Sandoval – St. Louis University

Ken Schmitt – U.S. Legal Solutions

Suzanne Sierra – St. Louis Mosaic Project

Kim H. Song – University of Missouri-St. Louis

Faizan Syed – Council on American Islamic Relations

Jaime Torres – Hispanic Leaders Group of St. Louis

Sal Valadez – Laborers International Union for North America

Corinne Valdivia – University of Missouri

Ruth Vilches – Casa de Salud

Elizabeth Warner – University of Missouri

OTHER ASSISTANTS

Communications Director: Samantha Christensen

Development Director: Gabriela Martin

Outreach Director: Faramola Shonekan

MU Conference Office Logistics

Conference Coordinator: Christy Sumners

Administrative Assistant: Wendy Barnes