Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies

Tulane University

Cynthia Garza

Student - Ph.D. Candidate

Originally from the Texas-Mexico borderlands, Cynthia Garza has nurtured a curiosity for Latin America from a young age, and while living and performing in South America, developed an interest in the performance of racial and ethnic identity. After completing her studies in Spanish and Music at Loyola University in New Orleans, Cynthia lived briefly in Cochabamba, Bolivia and for two years in Tacna, Peru as a social worker at the Center for the Working Child. While living abroad, Cynthia was drawn in to South American performance while dancing with an Afro Peruvian performance troupe, conducting dance workshops for teens, and training in various cities throughout Peru. Upon returning to the United States, Cynthia combined her love of performance with community organizing while working as Director of Advocacy at the D.C. Immigrant Coalition in Washington, D.C., where she worked with local musicians, grassroots activists, and street theater companies to address housing rights and other issues of social justice through performance in DC immigrant communities. Currently, Cynthia is teaching at Loyola University in New Orleans, conducting dissertation research on creole peñas in Lima, and serving as lead choreographer for a female Mardi Gras dance troupe.

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Two-week Public Service summer program in Ecuador

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Center for Public Service: International Programs
Ecuador: Tropical Field Biology and Conservation
Chocó Rainforest, Ecuador | Tentative dates: August 9 – August 23, 2013

Application deadline: January 28, 2013
Deadline extended!

All majors are welcome to apply to spend two weeks in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Ecuador: Tropical Field Biology and Conservation gives students the opportunity to apply the theory and knowledge they have acquired in the classroom to the real world. Students will travel with Dr. Karubian and Dr. Duraes to Ecuador for a two-week intensive field course. While on the course, students will experience first-hand the challenges and rewards of conducting field research and implementing conservation activities in tropical environments. These activities will take place within a context of community engagement based on active collaboration and interaction with Ecuadorian local residents in a variety of contexts.

For more information, click here to visit the Center for Public Service’s page on this program.