Deputy Director, Wealth-Building Policy Project

Expertise

Homeownership and housing discrimination; predatory lending and other financial abuses; asset accumulation and net worth; credit cards, auto loans, and other financial services

Education

Master’s degree, urban policy, Cleveland State University; bachelor’s degree, political science and history, Malone College

Background

Current Position: Oversees policy analysis, research, and advocacy on issues related to housing, homeownership, wealth-building, and financial services

Previous Position(s): Project Manager, residential redevelopment project at Famicos Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

Selected Publications

A New Strategy for Building Wealth in Latino Communities (testimony)(April 2008)

Saving Homes, Saving Communitites: Latino Brokers Speak Out on Hispanic Homeownership, coauthored with Tim Sandos (September 2007) “Creating a Fair Housing System that Works for Latinos,” in Fragile Rights within Cities: Government, Housing, and Fairness (2007) Jeopardizing Hispanic Homeownership: Predatory Practices in the Homebuying Market (May 2005)

Jeopardizing Hispanic Homeownership: Predatory Practices in the Homebuying Market (May 2005)