Jacob Taylor-Mosquera was born in Cali, Colombia and was adopted by a North American family here in Washington State. He has reclaimed Spanish and has been teaching it for 10 years in public and private schools. Aside from helping to develop the Conectándonos MAS program, Jacob also was appointed as a Commissioner for the King County Immigrant & Refugee Commission. He studied international relations, has a master’s degree in public policy with an emphasis in Latin America and just completed a graduate certificate program in public administration. He is the author of “I Met Myself in October: A Memoir of Belonging” and he lives in Seattle.
