Vanya Quiñones | |||||||||||||||
Office: | 5th President of California State University, Monterey | ||||||||||||||
Termstart: | August 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Predecessor: | Eduardo M. Ochoa | ||||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Arecibo, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||
Alma Mater: | University of Puerto Rico (BS, MS) Rutgers University (PhD) | ||||||||||||||
Office2: | Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Pace University | ||||||||||||||
Termstart2: | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Termend2: | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
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Vanya Quiñones is an American university administrator and a former neurobiologist is serving as the President of California State University, Monterey Bay.
Quiñones was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico and spent her childhood on her family's dairy farm.[1] [2]
She attended the University of Puerto Rico, where she obtained her bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in cell biology. She attended Rutgers University, where she earned her Ph.D. in neurobiology and physiology.[3]
Quiñones taught at Hunter College and eventually ended up becoming the provost at Pace University before becoming the president at California State University, Monterey Bay.[3] [4]