Alumni Profiles

Center alumni are an integral part of the academic and professional community of Latin America, Caribbean, and Latino Studies experts around the globe. Since the first UF master’s thesis was completed on a Latin American topic in 1929, over 1700 graduate students have completed theses or doctoral dissertations on Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinx topics in the United States. Meet just a few of our alumni through the profiles and stories below!

Larissa Ruiz Baía

MA Latin American Studies, 1996 Read More

John Mason

MA Latin American Studies Alumnus, 1998 Read More

Katie Coldiron

MA Latin American Studies Alumna, 2017 Read More

H.A. Smith

MA Latin American Studies Alumnus, 1997 Read More

Mary Waters

MA Latin American Studies Alumna, 2008 Read More

Steven J. Keats

Certificate in Latin American Studies (LAS) Alumnus, 1977 Read More

Tonyaa J. Weathersbee

Certificate in Latin American Studies (LAS) Alumni, 2016 Read More

Anabell Iglesias

Certificate in Latin American Studies (LAS) Alumna, 2010 Read More

Center Interview With MALAS Alumna and High School Teacher Maria Eugenia Zelaya

As part of this year's International Education Week, the Center interviewed María Eugenia Zelaya, Center alumna and teacher at Eastside High School. Read More

Diana Moreno

MA in Latin American Studies Alumna, 2016 Read More

Gabriela Polo

Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) Alumna, 2016. Read More

Sydney Nilan

Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) Alumna, 2013 Read More

Camila Pazos

Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) Alumna, 2012 Read More

Avecita Chicchon and Gustavo Fonseca

Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Alumni Read More

Maja Jeranko Returns to Quito, Ecuador to Continue Work on Gender Based Violence

MA Latin American Studies Alumni Spotlight Read More

Undergraduate Spotlight: Sarah Lilian Pattison

Certificate in Latin American Studies (LAS) Alumni Spotlight Read More

Daniel McQuillan

Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) Alumnus, 2012 Read More

Meredith Fensom

MA Latin American Studies (MALAS) Alumna, 2004 Read More

Wendy Pond

MA Latin American Studies (MALAS) Alumna, 2006 Read More

Alan Bonderud

MA in Latin American Studies Alumnus, 1976 Read More

Jacob Schultz

MA in Latin American Studies Alumnus, 2007 Read More

Claudio (MALAS 1987) and Suzana Padua (MALAS 1991)

MA in Latin American Studies Alumni Read More

Ed Johnson

MA in Latin American Studies, 2006 Read More

Dr. Robert E. Maguire

MA in Latin American Studies, 1975 Read More

Jane Landers

Ph.D. History and LAS Graduate Certificate, 1988 Read More

Brent L. Probinsky

MA in Latin American Studies, 1978 Read More

José Sariego

BS Journalism, Certificate in Latin American Studies, 1977 Read More

Sandra McGee Deutsch, Suzana Padua, and Nicolás Rubio

Sandra McGee Deutsch (MALAS 1973 and PhD History 1979), Suzana Padua (MALAS 1991), and Nicolás Rubio (MALAS 2006) Read More