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Biography
Ana Maria Soto is executive director of Latino initiatives at NLU. She came to NLU from Columbia College Chicago, where she served as director of Latino cultural affairs. Previously, she held positions with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution.
Soto has been recognized in Chicago as an influential civic leader and was selected as a 2004 National Hispana Leadership Institute Fellow. She holds a Master of Arts in Political Science from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain and is studying for her MBA at NLU.
Soto says, “We must help form the education and business leaders of the future and leverage the huge potential of Chicago’s Latino youth. More and more Latinos are successful business owners and entrepreneurs. But frequently they achieve this without a strong education background,” she said.
“Now imagine the impact Latinos can have in the Chicago economy if class after class of Latino MBAs, education and healthcare professionals graduate and enter the job market.”
Education
Masters in Political Science, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Masters in Business Administration, National-Louis University (in progress); BA in Political Science, University of the South, Sewanee, TN.Publications
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Press Releases
NLU announces recipients of 2009 César Chávez Awards
Friday, March 27, 2009
1/28: Ventanilla de Educacion unveiled at Mexican Consulate
Friday, January 23, 2009
NLU Expert Sources for Campaign 2008 Wednesday, October 01, 2008
NLU partners with Community Links High School
Thursday, May 22, 2008
NLU Honors Chicago City Clerk del Valle with Cesar E. Chavez Award
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
NLU announces Proyecto Comunidad
Thursday, September 27, 2007
News
On Tuesday, April 1, Ana Maria Soto, NLU’s executive director of Latino initiatives, was interviewed on primetime Telemundo (NBC) television about the NLU César E. Chávez Awards and NLU’s commitment to the Latino community.
César Chávez Remembered: Three individuals receive award in his name
Published on April 8, 2009, in EXTRA Bilingual Newspaper Recipients of NLU's 2009 César E. Chávez Awards were announced in this article. Similar articles also appeared in La Raza and Nuevo Siglo.
Links
NLU's Proyecto Comunidad website