Background
Colón-Navarro, Fernando was born on October 8, 1952 in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. Son of Fernando and Hilda Luz (Navarro) Colon Crescioni.
Colón-Navarro, Fernando was born on October 8, 1952 in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. Son of Fernando and Hilda Luz (Navarro) Colon Crescioni.
Bachelor, St. John's U., 1973; Juris Doctor, University of Minnesota, 1981; Master of Education, Harvard University, 1990; Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1991.
Executive director, Latin Americans for Social and Economics Development, Detroit, 1975-1978; law clk, trial assistant, Hennepin County Public Defender' General’ s Office, Minneapolis, 1979-1980; staff attorney, Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, 1981-1982; staff attorney, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Chicago, 1983-1986; assistant attorney, Chicago Board Education, 1986-1987; director attorney, clinical instructor, student practice clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987-1991; associate professor of law, Texas Southern U., Houston, since 1991.
Board of directors National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts 1988-1991, People'sMusic School, Chicago 1983-1987, Citizens School Committee, Chicago 1983-1986. Member American Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association.
Married Carol Jeane Johnson, August 9, 1975. Children: Annikah Mercedes, Daniel Zakkai.