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Staff Profiles
Director, Carlos Fernandez
Carlos A. Fernandez-Gonzalez assumed his duties as director for the Center for Latino Arts and Culture on September 1, 2005. Fernandez holds a doctorate in folklore from Indiana University, where he specialized in ethnomusicology. Originally from Costa Rica, he is also a musician performing vocal and instrumental music from the Latin American renaissance and contemporary folk and popular music. His scholarly research has focused on popular religious practice and traditional music of Central America and the Caribbean and includes several articles and a book.
Associate Director, Sandra Rocio Castro
Rocio graduated from Douglass College and was former director of Rutgers' Continuing Education Center. She emigrated to the United States in 1972 from Colombia, South America. She has a diverse background. She is of Guatemalen and Mexican descent and was raised in Hawaii. As a student at Rutgers Ms. Castro founded Epsilon Chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha, a Latin Sorority. She now advises 4 Latino student organizations and is the Founder of the After School Tutoring/Mentoring Program.
Program Coordinator, Silismar Suriel
Silismar graduated from Rutgers University in May 2003 with majors in Political Science and Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies. As an undergraduate she was involved in organizations like the Latino Student Council, the Latin American Womyn's Organization, and the Pa'Lante People's School of English. Silismar advises the Latino Student Council, Omega Phibeta Sorority Inc., LLEGO, LAWO, and Sociedad Estudiantil Dominicana.
Secretary, Carla Ortiz
Carla went to Penn State part-time from 1994 till 1998 and holds an associate degree in Liberal Arts. She was involved in Minority Student Union at Penn State. She began working at the Rutgers University - Mathematics Department in 1999 in the Undergraduate Office, then was promoted to the Graduate Office in 2003. She began as the secretary for the Center for Latino Arts and Culture on December 19, 2005.

Isabel Nazario, Founding Director of the Center for Latino Arts and Culture has been appointed as the Associate Vice President for Academics and Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities.
 

Upcoming Events:

2008 AMARD&V Summer Camp
July 14-August 15
Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Greater New Brunswick Charter School
New Brunswick, NJ

Now running on its 12th successful year, the Artists Mentoring Against Racism Drugs & Violence: Healing Through the Arts Summer Camp provides New Brunswick children ages 10-16 with a wide range of integrated learning activities, including arts workshops, presentations on health and safety, career panels, as well as excursions to museums and outdoor sports activities.

The program is a collaboration between the Rutgers Center for Latino Arts and Culture, the RWJ University Hospital Community Health Promotions Program, the Suydam Street Reformed Church, and the Puerto Rican Action Board.

For more information or to register your child, please contact Rocio Castro at 732-932-1263 or email scastro@rci.rutgers.edu.

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