Laura C. Romero, Ph. D.

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Laura C. Romero, Ph. D.

Founding President, Brillante Strategies

Laura C. Romero is founding President of her consulting firm, Brillante Strategies, where she advises organizations on education, mentoring, public-private partnerships, government & community relations, and strategic planning. Prior to Brillante Strategies, Laura C. Romero worked at Los Angeles Universal Preschool focusing on corporate relations. During her UCLA tenure, Romero promoted the University’s mission of research, teaching and public service by working with elected officials, corporate and community leaders, university administrators, faculty and alumni. She worked in the Office of Government & Community Relations, the Higher Education Research Institute’s Cooperative Institutional Research Program, the Extramural Programs and Opportunities Center, and taught the new “Civic Engagement in Los Angeles” seminar. Before UCLA, Laura worked as Acting Director of Public Affairs at Univision Los Angeles and National Mentoring Coordinator of the award-winning Communities In Schools, Inc./Univision Mentoring Initiative. Dr. Romero received her Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral degrees from UCLA, and is honored to have been appointed to the LA’s BEST Advisory Board.

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