Monica Cruz, PhD, Texas Demographic Center

Dr. Cruz serves as the State Data Center lead for the Texas Demographic Center working closely with the Center’s network of statewide affiliates and the Texas Legislature. She has worked as a legislative aide for the Texas Senate, as director of a welfare-to-work program for the City of San Antonio, and with other non-profit organizations as a policy analyst and researcher. She also serves on the research team to conduct community assessments and focus group facilitation through the work of the Institute of Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her research interests include housing, economic development, poverty, and employment.

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