Ana Luz González-Vásquez

Dr. Ana-Luz Gonzalez-Vasquez has 17 years of proven leadership of national, regional, and local research and evaluation initiatives, with deep expertise in conducting rigorous quantitative and qualitative research. She has co-led national studies on wage theft and day laborers, as well as the first comprehensive study on transportation network companies in Los Angeles. She has also co-authored the first evaluation of High Road Training Partnerships (HRTP) in California.

At the UCLA Labor Center, she leads the expansion of the POWER workforce development team, advancing equitable workforce systems and worker-centered strategies. Drawing on this experience, she co-led the development and implementation of the HRTP initiative in California and, most recently, in Los Angeles County. Prior to joining the Labor Center, Dr. Gonzalez-Vasquez served as Project Coordinator for the UC Irvine Community and Labor Project and as a lecturer at UC Irvine School of Law and UCLA’s Labor Studies program.

Most recently, Dr. Gonzalez-Vasquez was appointed to California’s Cradle-to-Career (C2C) Governing Board, where she guides the strategic direction and implementation of the C2C data system. She earned a dual B.A. in Economics and Social Science with a specialization in Public and Community Service and a minor in Spanish from UCI. She earned her Master’s and Ph.D. in Urban Planning from UCLA.