Beatriz Riefkohl Muñiz has over two decades of working experience with universities to strengthen Latin American studies. As Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she advises students on academic and funding opportunities, manages and develops grant and endowment programs, supports less-commonly-taught languages and language across the curriculum initiatives and oversees the activities of the UNC and Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Beatriz is past president of the Consortium of Latin American Programs (CLASP), a national organization that encourages excellence in Latin American Studies program development. In 2017, she earned the UNC University Award for the Advancement of Women in recognition for her outstanding support of women on campus.

Skylar Zee serves as the outreach coordinator for the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. Skylar received her undergraduate degree in History from UNC-Chapel Hill and her Master of Arts in Teaching from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education. Skylar was a social studies teacher for Durham Public Schools for 9 years. During that time, she partnered with Education First to take students and their families on four international trips as their tour leader. As the outreach coordinator, Skylar will be working to promote the study and understanding of Latin America and the Caribbean. Skylar's work will include hosting workshops, community events, film screenings, as well as study tours.

Brianna graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Latin American Studies and a double minor in Hispanic Studies and Geography. She volunteered in Ecuador with Global Citizen Year working with indigenous peoples, and studied sustainable development with the School for Field Studies in Costa Rica. Before and after graduation, Brianna supported ISA in the coordination of public events and communications. She also managed the Latin American Film Library. In January 2021, she joined the Building Integrated Communities (BIC) initiative. At BIC, she organizes and facilitates community and civic meetings with stakeholders across the state of North Carolina culminating in community assessments, local government recommendation reports, and policy changes. She completed Relational Leadership training through the UNC School of Medicine, digital accessibility training with UNC's Digital Accessibility Office, and most recently UndocuCarolina's ally training.

Emily Spangenberg is the Bilingual Program Coordinator for the Building Integrated Communities Initiative at ISA. As Program Coordinator, Emily facilitates participatory planning processes between local governments and community partners in North Carolina. Prior to joining ISA, Emily has worked with legal services nonprofits focusing on immigration law, including conducting community outreach, supporting law students, faculty, and clients in clinical education programs, and providing Spanish/English translation and interpretation. She has also conducted sociological research on environmental health and community perceptions of mining activity in Northwestern Argentina. Emily received an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in Journalism, Political Science, and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Andreina Malki is a doctoral student in Geography interested in space, power, and questions of legality. Her dissertation will address the spatial and legal dimensions of the corporate-state collaboration as it manifests in for-profit non-citizen detention and incarceration in the United States. Andreina earned a MA degree in Global Studies from UNC-CH, and her thesis examined the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism codified in bilateral investment treaties in Latin America. Before starting graduate research Andreina directed a leadership institute with farmworker youth in rural North Carolina at Student Action with Farmworkers (Durham, NC). Prior to that, she worked as International Outreach Coordinator at the Via College of Osteopathic Medicine with rural communities in Central America and the Caribbean. Andreina has been involved with local activist groups in the Triangle area in North Carolina.