Alexis Noel Ruffino recently joined the staff at Tulane University in New Orleans as the alumni affairs coordinator for the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Ruffino completed her undergraduate degree at Tulane in Spanish and Latin American studies in 2004, when she traveled throughout Cuba to enhance her degree.

She has previously worked for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Arizona-Mexico Commission in the Arizona Governor’s Office, and the American Italian Cultural Center.

She is a graduate of George Mason High School and an International Baccalaureate diploma recipient.