Meet the Team

Rachel Showstack, Ph.D.

Founding Director
Associate Professor of Spanish

Savannah Paschal

Director of Civic Engagement Initiatives

Drew Colcher, Ph.D.

Program Manager

Denise Romero

Director of Community Engagement and Education

Rommy Vargas, M.A.

Director of Interpreter Engagement and Education

Gabriela Aguilar

Graduate Research Assistant

Margarita Francisco

Community Liaison

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Affiliated Faculty

Julie Henderson, M.A.

Spanish Lecturer

Nikki Keene Woods, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of
Public Health Sciences

Colleen Loo-Gross, M.D., MPH

Associate Professor
KU School of Medicine-Wichita