Exciting News: Maya Labarca is the New Program Manager at LACS

We Welcome Maya in her New Position

Maya Labarca received her B.A. in Arabic Studies with Minors in Spanish and Middle East Studies from the University of Maryland, where she participated in the Arabic Flagship Program through the completion of her capstone year. During her time at the university, she lived in both the Spanish and Arabic clusters of the Language House and studied abroad in Granada, Spain. She received her Master’s in Contemporary Arabic Studies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where her thesis focused on a 1960s Moroccan cultural journal, which was also in conversation with anti-imperialist movements across Africa, Latina America, and the Caribbean. Her prior experience includes nonprofit development, research, editing and communications work, as well as Arabic tutoring and language instructional support. She is very excited to join the vibrant LACS community and hopes to contribute to LACS’ mission of promoting and building a community of students and faculty interested in learning and actively engaging in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina/o history and culture. In addition to her love of languages and cultural education, Maya is passionate about art and music.