Meet the Team

Rachel Showstack, Ph.D.

Founding Director
Associate Professor of Spanish

Savannah Paschal

Director of Civic Engagement Initiatives

Denise Romero

Director of Community Engagement and Education

Adrian Manriquez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Community Psychology

Rommy Vargas, M.A.

Director of Interpreter Engagement and Education

Margarita Francisco

Community Liaison

Raúl Rangel, M.A.

Graduate Research Assistant

Gabriela Aguilar

Graduate Research Assistant

Kelly Guzman

Volunteer | Mental Health Initiatives

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Alec Schon

Research Assistant | Website Manager

Headshots by Aileen Rueda-DaCosta | The Nacerá Project

Affiliated Faculty

Julie Henderson, M.A.

Spanish Lecturer

Nikki Keene Woods, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of
Public Health Sciences

Colleen Loo-Gross, M.D., MPH

Associate Professor
KU School of Medicine-Wichita