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Dr. Roque Diaz, PhD
A first-generation neurodivergent Puerto Rican college graduate, Dr. Diaz has shaped his career goal and qualifications by combining leadership, administration, scholarship, teaching, and performance through nonprofit arts organizations, higher education institutions, and K-12 school teaching in multiple countries. Dr. Diaz started at MacPhail Center for Music as the Director of School Partnerships and currently guides the Center’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies and initiatives as the Senior Director of DEI. Dr. Diaz's journey as a historically excluded and marginalized person in predominantly white spaces underlies his commitment to assuring more inclusive, culturally aware, and relevant experiences through the lens of DEI.
As a trumpeter, Dr. Diaz has performed with major international orchestras and continues to perform orchestral, chamber, contemporary, Latin, jazz, and other music.
Degrees & Certifications
Dr. Diaz earned his PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2021, concentrating on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in relation to nonprofit arts organizations and higher education.
Certifications include:
Competence Center for Workplace Equity DEI Lead Certificate (2024)
Intercultural Conflict Styles (ICS) Qualified Administrator Certificate (2022)
Intercultural Development Indicator (IDI) Qualified Administrator Certificate (2021)
MRA Supervision Part I: Fundamentals of Leadership Certificate (2020)
Free DEI Resources and Content from Dr. Diaz:
