Verónica L. Reyna is an Associate Director for the Center for Civic Leadership and oversees its Houston Civic Projects, including civically-engaged and community-based research opportunities with faculty and graduate student mentors, community partners, and undergraduate participants. She also leads the RiceVotes Collective and teaches the Capstone course for the Certificate in Civic Leadership students. Verónica earned her BA in Political Science and Women’s Studies from Northwestern University and her doctorate from the University of Michigan in Political Science. Her scholarship and publications are in the areas of Latino and gender politics, civic engagement, and civically engaged research. Her textbook, Latino Politics: Power, Intersectionality, and the Future of American Democracy, was published in 2023 by Cengage.