Patricia Sagasti Suppes, Ph.D.
Dr. Sagasti Suppes, who immigrated from Peru as a child, started her work with immigrant communities in the United States when, at the age of sixteen, she completed a training course on teaching English as a second language and proceeded to teach on a volunteer basis in evening programs through the Northern Virginia Literacy Council. She is currently Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of International Programs at Ferrum College. She is involved with movements to improve our immigration policies and help immigrants in the and is currently active in the leadership of Roanoke Indivisible and the Blue Ridge Resistance Alliance of Virginia (BRRAVA). Her current research and ongoing projects involve all aspects of the internationalization of the campus and the celebration of diversity in the community.