Alumni Achievements

Latin American Studies Program

Some Bucknell students go on to graduate school in Latin American studies. Others are employed in congressional or governmental offices, public and private international organizations, multinational businesses, or legal and social services. A representative sample of Latin American studies alumni include:

  • Jonathan Ambrose ’93, coordinator, AATA International, Santa Fe, N.M.

  • Meredith McAuley Bond ’91, international trade administrator, Department of Commerce, Omaha, Neb.

  • Jose de la Mar ’88, director of marketing, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, Md. Noah Fink ’98, ecologist, Peace Corps, Asuncion, Paraguay.

  • Lawrence Fletcher ’80, metro editor, Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Fla.

  • Yancy Garrido ’86, senior executive vice president, Innovative Philanthropy, New York, N.Y.

  • Jeanne Hey ’85, director of international studies, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, Ohio.

  • Michelle LaBarge ’95, associate director of admissions, Saint Louis University, Madrid, Spain.

  • Jamie Cistoldi Lee ’99, Ph.D. candidate, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. Founder, Bucknell Brigade in Nicaragua, 1999.

  • Jane McDonald ’87, union organizer, Hotel and Restaurant Union, San Francisco, Calif.

  • Julie Feick Peters ’89, regional representative for Latin America, TechnoServe, Inc., Wilton, Conn.

  • Jennifer Schaffer ’99, director of programs and marketing, Springboard Forward Suite, Mountain View, Calif.