PASOS Staff
Armando Guerrero Estrada
Director
Armando Guerrero Estrada is a DACAmented theologian, whose scholarship examines the interlacing of theological education, theologies of migration, and immigrant literature. He is A.B.D at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He received a Master of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School, where he also earned graduate certificates in Latin American Studies and Religion and the Arts in Contemporary Culture, and was awarded the J.D. Owen Prize in Biblical Studies and the Academic Achievement Award. He holds a B.A. in Theology and Philosophical Studies from St. Joseph College and a B.A. in Spanish from Lamar University. His work can be found in Journal of Latina Critical Feminism, Afro-Hispanic Review, Religious Education Journal, Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, Spanish and Portuguese Review, and the Lamar Journal of the Humanities.
Maria Villanueva
Program Coordinator
Maria Villanueva holds a Master of Arts in Trauma-Informed Leadership from Dominican University, where she worked as the administrative assistant in the Office of Student Success and Engagement before joining the PASOS Network as the program coordinator in July 2023. Maria also serves as co-advisor for the Organization of Latin American Students and formerly served as the Secretary of the Staff Council. Maria graduated from North Park University with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics with a specialization in Business Management. She served in the Illinois Student Assistance Commission as a Community Outreach Specialist for high schools in the city of Chicago that have a high population of first-generation students. She also served as the College and Career Coach for Little Village Lawndale High School Campus with an initiative to increase post-secondary enrollment and persistence amongst graduating seniors.
Gloria Goray
Santa Rosa de Lima Fellow
Gloria is a graduate student working on obtaining their Master of Social Work, with a focus on health and well-being, at Dominican University. They recently obtained a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, also from Dominican University. Over the last few years, they have worked and volunteered with different organizations in Chicago primarily focused on providing resources for local Latinx communities. As a graduate assistant with the PASOS Network, Gloria hopes to support the network as it advances its mission of transforming and changing higher education and the Church to create space for Latine and BIPOC young adults.