The Central American Studies Program has a trifold mission: to empower the large and growing Central American community in the United States by promoting academic excellence, community involvement and cultural diversity, to open spaces of global citizenship and dialogue between academia and society that contribute to the construction of a Central American transnational identity, and to promote an understanding and appreciation of the diverse Central American cultures, ethnicities, experiences and worldviews from an interdisciplinary global perspective. The Department of Central American and Transborder Studies has a trifold mission: to empower the large and growing Central American community in the United States by promoting academic excellence, community involvement and cultural diversity, to open spaces of global citizenship and dialogue between academia and society that contribute to the construction of a Central American transnational identity, and to promote an understanding and appreciation of the diverse Central American cultures, ethnicities, experiences and worldviews from an interdisciplinary global perspective.