Santos Nunez Program Director snunez@ku.edu

Santos Núñez is currently the Program Director for the Multicultural Resource Center at the University of Kansas. She has worked in higher education for almost 10 years and specializes in diversity training, awareness and multicultural education.

In her current position at the University of Kansas, Santos oversees and supervises the daily operations of a thriving Multicultural Resource Center. She has overall responsibility for programs such as the Diversity Dialogues, the Diversity Training institute, the Colors of KU Diversity and Leadership retreat; she also facilitates several multicultural awareness trainings for faculty, staff and student organizations.

Santos has conducted several workshops and seminars on multicultural education; she is certified and trained through the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity. Her areas of expertise include multicultural curriculum design, interactive training, Hispanic/Latino issues, The Cycle of Socialization, bilingual education, cultural competency training and multicultural education.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Texas and a Master’s degree in Higher Education from the University of South Carolina. She holds a secondary education certificate and has experience with elementary education curriculum; currently she is a doctoral student in Higher Education at the University of Kansas.