Cynthia Carmina Gómez

Futurist, Educator, Community Engagement Specialist, Nonfiction Creative Writer

Cynthia is a futurist and cultural strategist who brings ideas and knowledge into practice through community-centered initiatives. She currently serves as the Director of Community Impact at Portland State University. Cynthia is an Oregon Governors' Gold Civic Leadership awardee, American Leadership Forum Oregon (ALFO) Fellow, Unid@s for Oregon graduate, and a Leadership Portland alumni. She serves on the board of directors of Latino Network and ALFO. She holds a Master of Fine Arts, a Master in Education, and a Certificate in Chicano/Latino Studies. Cynthia is a certified Foresight Essentials Practitioner with the Institute for the Future.

Cynthia’s education began in Camp 52, a small migrant community beyond the outskirts of Phoenix, where she was born. She was raised in Yuma, Arizona, on the U.S.-Mexico border, and spent much of her youth in northern Mexico with her extended family. A native Spanish speaker, Cynthia is a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen. Since 1993, Cynthia has called Portland, Oregon home, where she lives with her husband, two children, two cats, and a dog.