The Presidential Advisory Commission wants to express special appreciation to the Commission members who have worked so diligently to review each draft of this report:
| Ana "Cha" Margarita Guzmán Sonia Hernandez Isaura Santiago Santiago |
George Castro Janice Petrovich John Philops Santos |
Darlene Chavira Chavez Waldemar Rojas Guillermo Linares |
The Presidential Advisory Commission also wants to express particular appreciation to the staff of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans :
| Alfred Robert Ramirez, Executive Director
María Santiago Mercado, Deputy Director |
Marsha Harper, Staff Assistant |
Detailed Staff:
| Beatriz Ceja | Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellow |
| Edmundo DeLeon | U.S. Department of Transportation |
| Juan Espino | Woodrow Wilson Fellow |
| Joaquin Gamboa | Stanford Law School Fellow |
| Enrique Gasca | HACU Intern |
| Ana Teresa Perez | Washington Center Intern |
| Sylvia Poareo | Washington Center Intern |
| Vanessa Rini | U.S. Department of Treasury |
| Elizabeth Solernou | Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellow |
| Benjamin Xinic | Washington Center Intern |
Others who assisted us at various times throughout the course of our work include:
| Tony Avalo | U.S. Department of Labor |
| Layla Avila | Woodrow Wilson Fellow |
| Kevin Aguilar-Ferrari | U.S. Department of Education |
| Vicky Barrera-White | U.S. Navy |
| Diana Centeno | NASA |
| Michelle Darter Dobles | Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellow |
| Gloria Socorro Klein | U.S. Department of Labor |
| Kristen Lockwood | Woodrow Wilson Fellow |
| Sal Lopez | Internal Revenue Service |
| Ray Perez | U.S. Army |
| Alvin Rangel | Washington Center Intern |
| Alvin Rivera | Former Initiative staff member |
Also, the Commission sincerely appreciates the support and cooperation of our advisors in the Department of Education: Assistant Secretary Norma Cantú, Assistant Secretary Mario Moreno, and Blanca Rosa Rodríguez, Chief of Special Services Branch.
To Alberto Insua, Art Director, Hispanic Magazine, Austin, Texas, we extend our heartfelt appreciation for the cover design.
We also extend our appreciation to the publications department of the Department of Commerce and the Department of Defense, especially to the Office of the Secretary of Defense Graphics and Presentations Division for the reproduction of this published report.
Finally, we are deeply indebted to Pelavin Research Institute of the American Institutes for Research of Washington, DC, and in particular to Carlos Rodríguez, Ph.D., Senior Analyst, Raymond Varisco, Editor, and Annette Tkachenko, Office Administrator, for invaluable assistance in writing, designing, editing, and producing this report.
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Appendix G: Commission Members