More than Ready: an author talk with Cecilia Munoz and María Elena Montero
Willow Street is thrilled to host long-term student
public-policy powerhouse Cecilia Munoz for an author talk about her
book More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You... and Other Lessons
for Women of Color on the Rise.
Cecilia Muñoz is a national leader in public
policy and public interest technology with nearly three decades of
experience in the non-profit sector and 8 years of service on
President Obama’s senior team. She joined New America in 2017 as a
Vice President, leading local initiatives and building a team on
public interest technology. She returned to New America as a Senior
Advisor in early 2021 after taking leave to lead the domestic and
economic policy team at the Biden/Harris Transition.
Previously, she served for eight years on President Obama’s senior staff, first as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs followed by five years as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Before working in government, she spent 20 years at the National Council of La Raza (now UNIDOS US), the nation’s largest Hispanic policy and advocacy organization. Cecilia is also a Senior Fellow at Results for America, a nonprofit that advances the use of data and evidence in policy making. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000 for her work on immigration and civil rights, and is a trustee of the Kresge, MacArthur and Joyce Foundations. She advises the Open Society and JPB Foundations, and serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. In 2020, she published the award-winning More Than Ready: Be Strong and Be You...and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise, which shares insights from her career as well as the careers of other notable women of color. Muñoz, a Detroit native and the daughter of immigrants from Bolivia, is also a wife and mother of two grown daughters. She lives with her husband in Maryland.
