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Cynthia is a futurist and cultural strategist who brings ideas and knowledge into practice through community-centered initiatives. She currently serves as the Director of Community Impact at Portland State University. Cynthia is an Oregon Governors' Gold Civic Leadership awardee, American Leadership Forum Oregon Fellow, Unid@s for Oregon graduate, and a Leadership Portland alumni. She serves on the board of directors of Latino Network and the American Leadership Forum. She holds a Master of Fine Arts, a Master in Education, and a Certificate in Chicano/Latino Studies. Cynthia is a certified Foresight Essentials Practitioner with the Institute for the Future.

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Cynthia’s education began in Camp 52, a small migrant community beyond the outskirts of Phoenix, where she was born. She was raised in Yuma, Arizona, on the U.S.-Mexico border, and spent much of her youth in northern Mexico with her extended family. A native Spanish speaker, Cynthia is a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen. Since 1993, Cynthia has called Portland, Oregon home, where she lives with her husband, two children, two cats, and a dog. 

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Orgullosamente Bilingüe