Adrián Aldaba, a Chicago native, is the National Programs Manager for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino. In this capacity, he serves audiences of all ages by bringing the Latino Museum’s programs and content to communities where they live and thrive outside of the Washington, D.C. area. He does this through the museum’s national leadership, family, and public programs for adults and intergenerational audiences. He also supports national K-12 efforts facilitating teacher workshops connecting the museum’s literacy initiatives and resources to educators across the nation. Aldaba co-authored Strategies for Engaging and Representing Latinos in Museums, a free resource released by the American Alliance of Museums Latino Network in June 2021. Prior to his decade-plus at the Smithsonian, Aldaba was a research assistant for Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Aldaba earned his A.B. cum laude in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard College.