Arturo Chavez
Dr. Arturo Chávez, Ph.D. is the president and CEO of the Mexican American Cultural Center . He has worked for over twenty years in a variety of ministries. As a teacher and youth minister, he worked with youth in an inner city parish setting. As a chaplain to incarcerated youth, he developed pastoral care and community after-care programs. As a community organizer and activist, he founded a nonprofit organization for youth and families called JOVEN in San Antonio , TX . He is a coauthor, with his wife Mary, of the dynamic new curriculum for Latino Youth Leadership Formation called RESPETO that is being implemented in parishes throughout the country. He is a national speaker and workshop facilitator. His areas of expertise include the following: leadership in multicultural communities and Hispanic ministry; Latino youth and family ministry; Immigration; social and religious history of Mexican Americans; and Catholic Social Thought. Dr. Chávez holds a Masters in Theology from Oblate School of Theology and a Doctorate in Religion and Social Change from the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology.
Mexican American Cultural Center
3115 West Ashby Place
P.O. Box 28185
San Antonio, Texas 78228-5104
Phone (210) 732-2156 • Fax (210) 732-9072