Background
Muñoz, Cecilia was born on July 27, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
federal official civil rights advocate
Muñoz, Cecilia was born on July 27, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor in English and Latin America Studies, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1984. Master, University California, Berkeley.
Prior to that, she served as the White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. A longtime civil rights advocate, she worked as Senior Vice President for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at the National Council of Louisiana Raza (NCLR), a nonprofit organization established to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans, overseeing advocacy activities that cover issues of importance to immigrants. In 2000, she was named a MacArthur Fellow for her work on civil rights and immigration.
She was featured in several episodes of the documentary series How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories.
Muñoz was born in Detroit, Michigan the youngest of four children. Her parents had moved to the United States from Louisiana Paz, Bolivia, so that her father, an automotive engineer, could go to the University of Michigan.
When she was three, the family moved to Livonia, a middle-class, predominantly white Detroit suburb. Muñoz attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
As a volunteer, she worked as a tutor to Hispanic American inmates at the state prison in nearby Jackson.
She earned undergraduate degrees in English and Latin American studies in 1984. Following graduation, Muñoz continued her education at the University of California at Berkeley, where she earned a master"s degree, also in Latin American Studies. As Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Muñoz was the "s main liaison with state, local and tribal governments, including the "Big Seven" organizations that represent most state and local officials, including the Council of State Governments, the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures.
She co-chaired the White House Task Force on Puerto Rico"s Political Status, where her work made several politicians from both sides celebrate her designation as head of the Domestic Policy Council.
Muñoz is married to Amit Pandya, a human rights lawyer They have two daughters.
Former volunteer tutor state prison, Jackson, Michigan.
Married Amit Muñoz-Pandya. Children: Cristina, Meera.