Gloria Aparicio Blackwell

Gloria Aparicio Blackwell is the Founder & Director of the Office of Community Engagement at the University of Maryland College Park. She has devoted the past 25 years of her career to forging strong partnerships and collaborating with communities surrounding the University and beyond. Her work involves addressing societal challenges, educational opportunities, and resource access limitations. 

She does her work through planning, advocacy, service, and storytelling.  Recognizing that these efforts cannot be completed by one person, she enlists friends and her core professional network to find mutually beneficial outcomes for the public’s good.

Gloria is active in various outside groups, including the Association of Community Colleges Latino Caucus, Non-Profit Prince George's, and the Montgomery College Board of Trustees.

Aparicio Blackwell earned an associate’s degree in safety and fire science from Instituto Tecnológico de Seguridad Industrial in Venezuela, an Industrial Technology bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland College Park, and a master’s in management from the University of Maryland Global Campus.