Mary Zulayka Santiago's Bio

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Bio:

M. Zulayka Santiago is currently the Co-Manager of the N.C. Peoples’ Coalition for Giving. Formerly, she was the Executive Director for El Pueblo Inc., a statewide Latino advocacy organization, and prior to that she was their Youth Program Director. Zulayka received her undergraduate degree in Pan-African Studies from Barnard College, Columbia University. In 2001 she received a Master of Public Administration Degree from UNC-Chapel Hill with a Certificate in Nonprofit Management. Zulayka has previously worked for the State of North Carolina in a grant-funded project focused on expediting child abuse, neglect and dependency cases through the juvenile court system; taught ESL classes through the community college system; and also worked as the Operations Manager at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Arizona. Zulayka currently serves on the boards of Student Action with Farmworkers and stone circles, and is also on the Development Team for Heirs to a Fighting Tradition. She is a part of the 06-08 William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations through the Wildacres Leadership Initiative.