Cecilia Muñoz
| Cecilia Muñoz | |
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| Director of the Domestic Policy Council | |
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In office January 10, 2012 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | James Kvaal |
| Preceded by | Melody Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Bremberg |
| Director of Intergovernmental Affairs | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – January 10, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Dial |
| Succeeded by | David Agnew |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 27, 1962 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Amit Pandya |
| Education |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) |
Cecilia Muñoz (born July 27, 1962) was the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Obama, a position she held for six years. Prior to that, she served as the White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for two years. Before working for the White House, she was Senior Vice President for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest Latino advocacy organization in the United States. At NCLR, she supervised all legislative and advocacy activities conducted by NCLR policy staff. She was also the Chair of the Board of the Center for Community Change and served on the U.S. Programs Board of the Open Society Institute and on the boards of directors of the Atlantic Philanthropies and the National Immigration Forum. In 2000, she was named a MacArthur Fellow for her work on civil rights and immigration. She was featured in several episodes of the documentary series How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories.
Muñoz was born in Detroit, Michigan the youngest of four children. Her parents had moved to the United States from La Paz, Bolivia, so that her father, an automotive engineer, could go to the University of Michigan. When she was three, the family moved to Livonia, a middle-class, predominantly white Detroit suburb. Muñoz attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As a volunteer, she worked as a tutor to Hispanic American inmates at the state prison in nearby Jackson. She earned undergraduate degrees in English and Latin American studies in 1984. Following graduation, Muñoz continued her education at the University of California at Berkeley, where she earned a master's degree, also in Latin American Studies.
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