Location and Office Hours
Benson University Center, Room #346
P.O. Box 7352 Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7352
Phone: 336.758.5864
Fax: 336.758.4639
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
Alta Mauro
Director
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Alta Mauro, the director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, is a native Hoosier, earning both a bachelor's degree in English Education and a master's degree in Higher Education/Student Affairs from Indiana University. Her student affairs experience include residence life and judicial affairs, student organization advisorship and fraternity/sorority engagement, pre-college transition programming, and multicultural affairs. Alta's professional interests include: intercultural communication, cultural competence, social justice education, infusing social justice themes across the curriculum, peer education, cultural audit work and strategic planning, access and retention, and campus engagement. In her personal time, Alta enjoys cooking, baking, knitting, shopping, reading, traveling and spending time with friends and family.
Jonathan M. Cox
Assistant Director
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Jonathan Cox received his undergraduate degree in Health and Physical Education from Hampton University, a historically Black university in eastern Virginia, and his Master’s degree in College Student Affairs from the Pennsylvania State University. During his graduate studies, he had the opportunity to work in many different aspects of Student Affairs and college life at Penn State University, including the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, the Center for Student Engagement, and Fraternity and Sorority Life. He also had the opportunity to work for a summer at Cornell University as a Head Resident for their Summer College program. Jonathan’s professional interests include access and retention for underrepresented students, collegiate experiences of African American males, and issues of social justice. Jonathan is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., as well as an avid musician and artist.
Celina Gonzalez
Program Coordinator
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Celina Gonzalez was born and raised in New York City. Philadelphia became her next home when she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Arcadia University and her Masters of Business Administration from Philadelphia University. Celina has always worked in higher education and her experience ranges from Financial Aid to Academic Advising to Workshop Planning to Career Counseling to Advising Student Organizations. Her professional interests include understanding the Latino culture and its influence on student’s college attendance and retention, event planning for underrepresented students, and assisting campus organizations to become better campus leaders. In her spare time, Celina lives for Latin dancing and performing and is an avid Zumba instructor.
Darlene D. Starnes
Administrative Coordinator
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Darlene D. Starnes was born in Agana on the island of Guam and raised in Junction City, Kansas from the age of three until her graduation from Junction City High School. Darlene has a wide variety of administrative experience ranging from her time managing loan accounts at Wachovia to serving as the business manager at the Winston Lake branch of the YMCA. Her main interests include supporting her 4 children (a freshman in college, a sophomore in high school, and a set of twins in 6th grade) at their multiple football, basketball and dance functions as well as spending time with good friends. Darlene would like all students and visitors to know that she has a heart for college-aged students and their parents (especially since she is one) and looks forward to watching and aiding in their growth and development during their time at Wake Forest.