HTI Early Career Orientation Program

HTI began the Early Career Orientation program with a generous grant provided by the Lilly Endowment Inc.

Graduates

Lizzette Acosta

Director of Latino Ministry Formation Program, Asbury Theological Seminary

(2019)

Saul Barcelo

Director of the Center for Whole Person Care: Integrating Faith and Healing, Assistant Professor School of Religion, Loma Linda University

(2020)

Arelis Benitez

Director of Field Education and Assistant Professor of the Practice of Religion, Psychology, and Culture, Vanderbilt University

(2023)

Melisa Ortiz Berry

Assistant Professor of History and World Christianity, Northwest Christian University

(2020)

João Chaves

Assistant Director for Programming at the Hispanic Theological Initiative

(2019)

Gerardo Corpeño

Professor of Systematic and Latin American Theology at SETECA

(2022)

Liam de los Reyes

Associate Professor of Moral Theology at Mount Angel Seminary

(2021)

Fellipe do Vale

Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

(2021)

Marlene Ferreras

Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, La Sierra University

(2019)

Lauren Frances Guerra

Lecturer, Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

(2018)

Néstor Gómez-Morales

Lead Pastor, First Congregational Church, Stamford, Connecticut

(2019)

Yara González-Justiniano

Visiting Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Community Engagement, Garrett-Evangelical Seminary

(2019)

Michael Grigorni

Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology and Roman Catholic Studies, Lexington Theological Seminary

(2021)

Leo Guardado

Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, Fordham University

(2018)

Elmer Guzman

Professor of Systematic Theology, Instituto Adventista Paranaense, Brazil

(2022)

Chauncey Diego Francisco Handy

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion, Reed College

(2023)

Adrián Hernández-Acosta

Postdoctoral Fellow in International Humanities in the Department of Hispanic Studies and the Cogut Institute for the Humanities, Brown University

(2022)

Lydia Hernandez-Marcial

Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible, Wartburg Theological Seminary

(2020)

Yohana Junker

Assistant Professor of Art, Religion, and Culture, Claremont School of Theology

(2020)

Alberto La Rosa Rojas

Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics at Western Theological Seminary

(2022)

Maria Monteiro

Lecturer in Church Music, Baylor University School of Music, Waco, Texas

(2021)

Juan Morales

Pastor, Park Slope Christian Tabernacle, Brooklyn, New York, Adjunct Professor, Western Theological Seminary Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

(2022)

José Morales Torres

Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies, Chicago Theological Seminary

(2019)

Stephanie Mota Thurston

Visiting Professor, Wake Forest University

(2020)

Michael Orellana

Director of Graduate Studies in Theology, Universidad Peruana Union (Peru)

(2022)

Jennifer Owens-Jofré

Assistant Professor of Latinx Theology and Cultures and Director of the Latinx Studies Program, Seminary of the Southwest

(2019)

Melissa Pagán

Director of Graduate Religious Studies & Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles

(2018)

Francisco Pelaez Diaz

Assistant Teaching Professor in Latinx Ministries, Drew University

(2022)

Elaine Penagos

Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University

(2022)

Adam Perez

Postdoctoral Associate at Duke Divinity School

(2022)

Erica M. Ramirez

Director of Applied Research at Auburn Seminary

(2018)

Rafael Reyes

Director of Information Literacy and Library Services, Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, New York Theological Seminary

(2020)

Christopher Rios

Assistant Editor at Rutgers University Press

(2023)

Martin Rodriguez

Assistant Professor of Practical Theology, Azusa Pacific University

(2020)

Eric Sias

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of Latina/o Programs, Berkeley School of Theology

(2023)

Alma Tinoco Ruiz

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Homiletics and Evangelism, and Director of the Hispanic House of Studies, Duke Divinity School

(2023)

Pamela Stevens

Consultant for Latinx Ministries at the El Buen Pastor and as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Redlands

(2022)

Lis Valle

Assistant Professor of Homiletics, McCormick Theological Seminary

(2019)

Grace Vargas

Assistant Professor Latinx Religious Traditions at Texas Christian University

(2021)

Hector Valera Rios

Assistant Professor of Theology with an emphasis on Latinx Theology at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies

(2021)

Seth Villegas

Independent Scholar

(2023)

Aizaiah Yong

Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care, Pacific School of Religion

(2020)