Miguel Carpizo-Ituarte

Miguel Carpizo-Ituarte is a student of Society, Culture, and people. He graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology with a concentration in immigration and cultural diversity. He has been always interested in community development and has traveled to indigenous villages and visited various ethnic groups to learn their language, culture and traditions. He traveled to Malta, and Tunisia were he started to study Islam.

He immigrated to the United States in 2001 to serve as the Hispanic Coordinator for the Upper Cumberland region of the United Methodist Church. A progressive, uncommon leader who was always involved in his local community, he developed a seminar for the non-Latino community called “understanding the Latino/Hispanic Community” and was invited  to speak to various groups across the state.

One of his greatest passion is music, so he promoted Latin music in his home town of Cookeville, TN with nights called “The Colors of rhythm”. He has been involved in social justice, human rights, and the inclusiveness of every person into the flow of this world.

Email: Miguel@tnimmigrant.org

Phone: 865-406-3297

The East TN TIRRC Office is located at 1124 North Broadway Street, Knoxville, TN 37917.