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Staff members at the Center for Latin American Studies play an essential role in the Center's day-to-day functions and overall success. Get to know our stellar support staff below!
Jessica (Mrozinske) Baker
Associate Director of Administrative Services
Jessica B. is responsible for the general administration of the Center for Latin American Studies and provides leadership for the Center’s administrative personnel. She handles pre-award and post-award submissions and monitoring through the UFIRST system, reconciles expenditures, and provides regular financial updates. She also interacts with core offices, other departments, faculty, and staff when there are questions about Center funds or expenditures.
319E Grinter Hall
Phone
352-273-4707
Email:
jmrozin@latam.ufl.edu
Jessica Caicedo
HR Generalist
BA Spanish, University of Florida
Jessica C. manages human resources and payroll functions. She coordinates Effort Reports and Faculty Activity Reports and processes all security role requests for the Center for PeopleSoft.
319D Grinter Hall
Email:
jcaicedo@latam.ufl.edu
Po Echeguren
Academic Assistant III
BA Political Science, University of Rochester
Po provides academic and fiscal administrative support for the MALAS and LAS graduate certificate students.
316 Grinter Hall
Email:
secheguren@latam.ufl.edu
Maria Garamvolgyi
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ASST I
Maria provides administrative assistance to the Center Director as well as to Center faculty and staff. She manages the Director's calendar and travel arrangements. She also assists in maintaining our mailing database and email distribution lists. She coordinates internal events for the Center and assists program coordinators and our outreach team with event logistics.
Email:
mgaramvolgyi@ufl.edu
Jazmín Gonzales Tovar
Academic advisor, MALAS
Dr. Jazmin Gonzales Tovar is Academic Advisor at the Center for Latin American Studies and Post-doctoral Teacher/Scholar at the Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP). From a political ecology lens, her research brings in local perspectives and knowledges to assess the justice implications of development and governance systems around forests, land use, and climate change, and the consequences for the rights and ways of life of Indigenous and rural populations. Her work focuses on the Amazon region and extends to Central America and West Africa.
445
Grinter Hall
Email:
jazmin.gt@ufl.edu
Kym Hodges
Conference & Event Planner
318 Grinter Hall
Email:
k.hodges@latam.ufl.edu
Luis Felipe Lomelí
Associate Director of Academic Programs
Ph.D. in Cultural Studies of Science and Technology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese, University of Kansas
319F Grinter Hall
E-mail:
luisgomezlomeli@ufl.edu
Christa Markley
Communications Specialist
BFA Motion Picture Arts, Florida State University
Christa manages the communications and marketing efforts for the Center for Latin American Studies, including event promotion and the Latinamericanist newsletter. She works with other departments to maximize the reach of Center announcements and promotional materials, and with outside media to better promote the Center's message. Her duties also include managing and maintaining the Center website and social media channels.
342 Grinter Hall
Email:
cmarkley@latam.ufl.edu
Andrew Noss
MDP Program Coordinator
Ph.D. Geography / Tropical Conservation and Development / African Studies, University of Florida
Andy is the administrative coordinator for the Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) Program and the Sustainable Development Practice (SDP) Certificate Program. He advises students on admissions, registration, funding, summer field practicum travel, and graduation procedures. He organizes MDP program activities including MDP committee meetings, Development Practitioner seminars, student presentations, and workshops.
470 Grinter Hall
Phone:
352-392-3293
Email:
anoss@ufl.edu
Danny Oquendo
Title VI / Outreach Assistant
B.S. Criminology, Florida State University; M.S. Forensic Psychology, Nova Southeastern University
Danny provides administrative support for federal grant projects funded by U.S. DOE Title VI and other sponsored programs, including the Field Research Grant, Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute, Library Travel Research Grant, and other projects related to the Center's outreach efforts.
346 Grinter Hall
Email:
daoquendo@latam.ufl.edu
Piannys Rosario
Fiscal Assistant III
Piannys is responsible for processing general fiscal transactions at the Center for Latin American Studies, which includes travel-related transactions, both foreign and domestic, reconciling all Pcard transactions, and processing Journal Entries to the General Ledger.
304 Grinter Hall
Email: prosario@latam.ufl.edu
Patricia Sampaio
TCD Program Coordinator
MS Ecology, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Patricia coordinates the activities related to the Tropical Conservation and Development Program (TCD) and its related programs, such as management of TCD student and alumni databases; organization and support of all TCD events; planning and participation on task forces and committees; revision and maintenance of the TCD webpage; monitoring of the Ford Endowment expenditures; and production of reports. She is also responsible for the coordination of scholarship and other financial support competitions sponsored by TCD, the Amazon Conservation Leadership Initiative Program (ACLI) and LAS.
343 Grinter Hall
Email:
psampaio@latam.ufl.edu
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