Sonia Manriquez

Sonia Manriquez is the Associate Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She received her MA from CLACS in June 2018. She earned her BA in anthropology with a minor in Latin American Studies from the University of Michigan. Her personal and professional interests include Indigenous rights advocacy, Indigenous language use and preservation in the Americas. Sonia has completed intermediate and advanced level Quechua study, Southern variation, in Cusco, Peru. She's involved with non-profit work dedicated to Native American communities in the States. She is currently working with Wakanyeja Gluwitayan Otipi - Gather Our Children Home, an emergency shelter and safe house for children ages 0-12 years on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.