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Juan Guevara Pinto

Juan Guevara Pinto

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What is your role with The Center and what are you most excited about?

 I am the Research and Evaluation Associate at the Center, and I am responsible for helping analyze data and evaluate many of The Center’s programs (particularly the SFEC). I am truly excited about being able to learn how a nonprofit with such a great mission operates in order to be able to positively impact our community.

What is your background?

I was born and raised in Honduras, and came to the U.S. when I was 18 years old. I got my PhD in Cognitive and Brain Sciences from LSU in 2020 and became a college professor for a few years prior to joining The Center last month.

What is your favorite childhood book or literacy memory?

My favorite childhood book was “The Little Prince” (by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry). I used to read it with mom all the time (in Spanish).

Flashback to when you were 10 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I wanted to be a policeman when I was 10 years old.

If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?

If I could be anywhere, I would probably want to be back home in Honduras with my two kids visiting the rest of my family.