Vice President, Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation

Expertise

Policy analysis of budget, tax, pension, banking, homeownership, and Social Security reform issues; financial status of Latinos, including taxes, savings, pension coverage, welfare reform, and economic security; transportation equity

Education

Master’s degree, public administration, The American University; bachelor’s degree, history, Siena College

Background

Current Position: NCLR Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation operations; economic policy research and advocacy management; board member, Coalition on Human Needs; member, National Academy of Social Insurance Security

Previous Position(s): Past board member, Coalition on Human Needs

Selected Publications

Latino Credit Card Use: Debt Trap or Ticket to Prosperity?, coauthored with Beatriz Ibarra (February 2007)

Undercutting the American Dream: Estate Tax Repeal Would Harm Latinos, coauthored with Luisa Grillo-Chope (April 2006)

“Closing the Wealth Gap: Eliminating Structural Barriers to Building Assets in the Latino Community,” Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, coauthored with Beatriz Ibarra (April 2006)

The Social Security Program and Reform: A Latino Perspective, coauthored with Luisa Grillo-Chope (June 2005)

Pension Coverage: A Missing Step in the Wealth-Building Ladder for Latinos, coauthored with Deirdre Martinez (March 2004)

Financial Insecurity Amid Growing Wealth: Why Healthier Savings Is Essential to Latino Prosperity, coauthored with Amy Friedrich (August 2001)

Hispanic Families and the Earned Income Tax Credit, coauthored with Sandra Gallardo (April 2000)