Biography
Verenisse Ponce-Soria is a proud rural North Carolinian with roots in Michoacan, Mexico. She graduated with her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020 where she majored in Public Policy with a concentration in Education Policy and a minor in Education.
As an undergraduate student, she began working at a new education non-profit called LatinxEd. She oversaw the research and development of initiatives that aimed to amplify the leadership and lived experiences of Latinx immigrant families to break down barriers to educational opportunities in North Carolina. The students who inspire her interests as a researcher are a part of the Somos Carolina program which she assisted in developing. The program takes a unique approach to teaching and working with Southern Latinx youth. At the intersections of Education Policy and Identity Development, she believes that interdisciplinary community work will transform.
Honors
2019 Latino Diamante Award for Education Contributions in NC
July 2020
Verenisse Ponce-Soria is a proud rural North Carolinian with roots in Michoacan, Mexico. She graduated with her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020 where she majored in Public Policy with a concentration in Education Policy and a minor in Education.
As an undergraduate student, she began working at a new education non-profit called LatinxEd. She oversaw the research and development of initiatives that aimed to amplify the leadership and lived experiences of Latinx immigrant families to break down barriers to educational opportunities in North Carolina. The students who inspire her interests as a researcher are a part of the Somos Carolina program which she assisted in developing. The program takes a unique approach to teaching and working with Southern Latinx youth. At the intersections of Education Policy and Identity Development, she believes that interdisciplinary community work will transform.
Honors
2019 Latino Diamante Award for Education Contributions in NC
July 2020
