Santiago Vazquez Raymundo is an aspiring public service and public policy professional. As a recent graduate of the University of Oxford, he was a William de Segundo Scholar pursuing a Master of Philosophy in Latin American Studies. At Oxford, Santiago studied at St Antony’s College, was elected to the Oxford Union Debate Society’s committee, securing the invitation of six U.S. State Department ambassadors to speak at Oxford, and was a member of the Oxford Rugby Football Club’s senior men's team.

Prior to Oxford, Santiago was a paralegal to the Chief Legal Officer of Lambda Legal and provided key litigation support in the American with Disabilities Act civil rights lawsuit Doe v. Nashville Police Department, supported the 250-page publication of Making the Case for Equality: 50 Years of Legal Milestones in LGBTQ History and handled confidential intakes.

He earned his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, in Legal Studies, with a minor in Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy. While at Berkeley, he completed a year abroad at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, and earned a certificate in Intermediate Portuguese through the Brazilian government’s CELPE-Bras examination for foreigners. His academic accomplishments have been recognized through prestigious honors, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Millennium Scholarship, U.S. State Department Charles B. Rangel Scholarship, Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholarship award, California Latino Legislative Caucus Scholarship, UC Berkeley Study Abroad Merit Scholarship, and UC Berkeley School of Law Human Rights Research Fellowship.

A native Spanish speaker, Santiago looks forward to a career in public service. His proudest accomplishment has been helping his immigrant, orphaned mother secure citizenship in the United States of America.