Lavonne Luquis

Lavonne Luquis (’88) wasn’t expecting a sudden job change.

“I led Latino.com until it went under during the infamous dot-com bust in early 2001,” she said. Luquis, co-founder of Latino.com, said she knew that despite the sudden change of fortune, she had to continue to help inform and entertain minorities. She soon was hired at the University of California-Berkeley as strategic communications director and continued her quest. “I launched their first systemwide Spanish-language communications program,” she said.

After three years in California, Luquis was offered a position as director of programming at America Online Latino. She said she was excited to move her career back to the Internet. “I could again spend my days finding the best ways to provide an entertaining mix of content online,” she said.

Luquis lives with her husband, Max Ramirez, in Dulles, Va. She said they enjoy spending their weekends exploring the beautiful Virginia area.

lavonneluquis2@aol.com