2011 APA Awards - Alvaro Huerta

Advancing Diversity & Social Change Award in Honor of Paul Davidoff

Alvaro Huerta
Los Angeles, California

Raised in East Lost Angeles by Mexican immigrant parents, Alvaro Huerta's experiences in turbulent housing projects and overcrowded public schools, fighting the daily pressure to join a gang and drop out of school, helped shape his life-long commitment to social justice, diversity, and service for the poor. He defied great odds to earn two degrees from UCLA, and he will receive his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley this spring.

Huerta is a positive role model for Latino communities and the planning field. He has mentored numerous individuals interested in pursuing urban planning educations. He is a visiting scholar at UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center and a visiting lecturer at UCLA's Department of Urban Planning. He contributes op-ed columns for The Progressive, Los Angeles Business Journal, and the Santa Monica Mirror, along with numerous political and literary blogs.

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