Steven Cruz, M.A. is the International Specialist and educational consultant with
The Goldberg Center for Educational Planning™. He brings to the group more than fifteen years of professional experience in educational counseling, program development and student affairs. Steven is expert in providing admissions, housing and personal assistance to visiting international students, ensuring successful acculturation and adjustment to life in the United States.
With a Masters degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in Student Personnel Administration, Steven joined New York University in 1993 as Assistant Director of the Office for African American, Latino and Asian American Student Services. His previous work as a program coordinator/ graduate assistant in the Office of Student Activities at Columbia University, amply prepared him for that highly visible administrative role at N.Y.U.
Besides managing a university-wide program providing comprehensive financial planning, counseling and leadership services for a diverse student body, Steven also created programs to recruit, advise and mentor international students while their stay at N.Y.U. His services also included subsequent career-placement and graduate school advisement. An accomplished speaker, program developer, communicator and facilitator, he was able to forge a strategic alliance between New York University and the United States International University in Mexico City, where he led groups of exchange students to study international relations and immerse themselves in Mexican culture.
Prior to his work in higher education, Steven worked for a non-profit organization that identifies and mentors intellectually gifted public school students for placement in the New York area’s most prestigious independent day and boarding schools. Extensively traveled, Steven took a year abroad studying Spanish at the University of Seville in Spain and has lived in several countries throughout Latin America. While in Europe, he became proficient in Italian. Steven has been a featured keynote speaker at N.Y.U., Columbia University, and the Juilliard School of the Arts as well as other numerous conferences dealing with student issues.
Steven brings a number of additional credentials and affiliations to his work with
The Goldberg Center for Educational Planning™. Steven helps manage the New York City extension office for the firm. He also spends time at The Goldberg Center for Educational Planning™ in Braintree, Massachusetts.
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