Our Team

Voces Leadership

(left to right: Charles Ramirez Berg, Eli Reed, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, & Robert Quigley)

Leadership

Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, founder and director

Rivas-Rodriguez is a former professional journalist and is a professor at the Moody College of Communication’s School of Journalism. She founded the Voces project in 1999 and teaches oral history as journalism and other classes.

Charles Ramirez Berg, Associate Director

Charles is the author of 'Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance'. In addition, he has written many articles and book chapters on Latinos in U.S. films, film history and Mexican cinema.

Eli Reed, Associate Director, Photography

Eli is an Award-winning Magnum Photographer who has worked with Voces since 2015.

Robert Quigley, Associate Director, Social Media

Robert is the Innovation Director for the Dallas Morning News Innovation Endowment.


Staff

Mary Alice Carnes

Mary Alice Carnes

Content Producer

Mary Alice is the Content Producer for the center and is also a member of the resource council.

Beth Butler

Copy Editor

Beth copy-edits the stories for our website and our annual newsletter.

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Bryna Hoang

Administrative Program Coordinator

Bryna is the coordinator for the center and handles all administrative functions.

Graduate Students

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John David DeVirgiliis

Graduate Research Assistant

JD is the center's Managing Editor of Production and a Graduate Research Assistant from the Moody College Department of Radio-Television-Film.

Elena Perez-Zetune

Managing Editor, US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal

Elena edits and reviews submissions for US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal.

Interns & Fellows

Our fellows and summer interns do everything from writing stories about interview subjects to making DVDs and creating online photo exhibits.

Sarah Brownson

Sarah Brownson

Interviewing & Processing

Health and Society and Spanish major from Austin, TX graduating in the Spring of 2021.

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Estrella Hernandez

Interviewing & Processing

Journalism major from San Antonio, TX graduating in Spring 2022.

Brittany Mendez

Brittany Mendez

Volunteer & Processing Coordinator

Journalism & Mexican American Studies double major from South Texas. Expected to graduate in Spring 2021.

Marian Navarro

Interviewing & Processing

Journalism major from San Antonio, TX and graduating December 2021

Evan Solis

Evan Solis

Interviewing & Processing

Journalism major from Wichita Falls, TX. Graduating in Spring 2021.

Long-Time Volunteers

Richard Brito

Military Historian

Brito is a Vietnam veteran and retired colonel in the Texas Army National Guard. He reviews all military subject profiles for the center.

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