Ivan Guzman is a second generation Latino and son of Mexican immigrants. He has a Bachelors in Teaching of History and a Masters in Museum & Exhibition Studies, both from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is currently a doctoral student in Loyola’s dual Public History/American History program, with research interests in Chicagoland Latine/x History, particularly development of urban periphery Latine/x settlements.

Ivan is an educator and cultural worker. His curatorial and exhibition design work include the Packingtown Museum, located inside The Plant in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago. His time at the Chicago History Museum was spent working on diversifying the museum’s youth and school programs, and advocating for bilingual accessibility. He has taught high school history classes in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, and is an adjunct lecturer in the humanities department at Malcolm X College, teaching the Humanities 209 class, Latinx in Chicago. Ivan is also a co-founder of Raices Chicago Story Coalition.