Ana A. Lucero
TUCSON,AZ
Summary
Democratic leader with background in data and evaluation. Passionate about using data to inform meaningful social change.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Program Director, Data and Systems
Youth On Their Own (YOTO)
01.2021 - Current
- Lead Data and System Team (3 staff, 2 volunteers) aimed at amplifying youth voice, collecting and sharing data, and building systems and tools to support and improve YOTO
- Enhanced program efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing data-driven improvements.
- Served on Senior Leader Team, Program Leader Team, and Inclusion, Equity, Diversity and Access Committee
Evaluation and Operations Manager
Primavera Foundation
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Managed evaluation activities of programs
- Supervised four operations staff
- Served on organization’s Race, Equity, De-colonization & Inclusion Leadership Group
- Represented Primavera Foundation in our community.
Program and Evaluation Manager
Canyon Ranch Institute (CRI)
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Managed evaluation activities of CRI programs
- Lead formative research efforts to support the development of new programs
- Ensured that program, research and outreach materials to Latinx communities were culturally and linguistically appropriate
- Supervised one Data Coordinator.
Lecturer
University of Arizona, Norton School of Family & Consumer Sciences
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Taught in person and online courses for the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences and provided service to the Norton School
- Courses taught included research methods, family dynamics and close relationships
- Supervised graduate teaching assistants and advised undergraduate students in Honors College.
Assistant Professor of Family Studies
California State University Northridge, Family & Consumer Sciences
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Position included teaching load of four courses per semester, academic advisement to graduate and undergraduate students, research and college service
- Courses taught included graduate program evaluation course and family studies theory, as well as undergraduate courses in family dynamics and child and family assessment
- College service included participating in a Faculty Learning Committee aimed at increasing graduation rates for Latinx students and Chairing graduate students’ committees
- Department service also included developing and supervising an off-campus internship program for family studies majors
- Supervised graduate and undergraduate teaching and research assistants.
Evaluation Associate
Pima Prevention Partnership
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Position included evaluating projects examining contraception use and vaccination compliance among low-income teen mothers (Adolescent Family Life; Department of Health and Human Services), HIV prevention efforts targeted at Black and Latino men (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA) and research exploring mental health services available to adolescents living near the U.S.-Mexico border (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention).
Education
Ph.D. - Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZBS - Psychology and Spanish
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PASkills
- Partnership building
- Organizational leadership
- Strategic planning
- Budgeting and financial management
- Critical thinking
- Data analysis
Certification
Nonprofit Leadership Center Management Essentials Online Connection, 12/2023
Community Service
- Arizona Evaluation Network, Board of Directors, Tucson Region Co-Chair, 2020-2022
- Community Health Needs Assessment, Steering Committee Member, 2023-Present
- Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, Advisory Council, 2019-2023
- The Inn Project of Southern Arizona, Volunteer, 2016-2020
- TPCH Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee, Chair (2020)
- TPCH System Performance Committee, Current Chair, 2020-2024 (Chair 2023-2024)
- TPCH Program, Evaluation and Monitoring Committee, 2018-2020 (Chair 2020)
Languages
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Associate Program Director, Data and Systems
Youth On Their Own (YOTO)
01.2021 - Current
Evaluation and Operations Manager
Primavera Foundation
01.2018 - 01.2021
Program and Evaluation Manager
Canyon Ranch Institute (CRI)
01.2015 - 01.2016
Lecturer
University of Arizona, Norton School of Family & Consumer Sciences
01.2013 - 01.2014
Assistant Professor of Family Studies
California State University Northridge, Family & Consumer Sciences
01.2010 - 01.2013
Evaluation Associate
Pima Prevention Partnership
01.2008 - 01.2009
Ph.D. - Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Arizona
BS - Psychology and Spanish
Carnegie Mellon University
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