{"id":757,"date":"2024-10-14T18:42:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T18:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=757"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:44:01","slug":"levin-graduates-lead-monserrat-monterrubio-ruiz","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/chapter\/levin-graduates-lead-monserrat-monterrubio-ruiz\/","title":{"rendered":"19.7 Levin Graduates Lead: Monserrat Monterrubio Ruiz"},"content":{"raw":"<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Monserrat-Monterrubio-Ruiz-300x295.png\" alt=\"Portrait of Monserrat Monterrubio Ruiz.\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-683 aligncenter\" \/>\r\n\r\nMonserrat Monterrubio Ruiz, a Levin College alumnus, currently serves as the economic development director at Metro West Community Development Organization. With a background in architecture and urban planning, Monserrat\u2019s work focuses on creating inclusive and sustainable economic development strategies. Her journey at Metro West began as a small business coordinator, where she supported local businesses. Her exceptional skills and dedication led to her appointment as interim director, and eventually, as the permanent economic development director.\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\n<em>Watch Monserrat introduce herself and describe her work:<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\nYouTube URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HI_smZ5Rvt4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HI_smZ5Rvt4<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\nDuration: 0:40\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Monserrat-Monterrubio-Ruiz-300x295.png\" alt=\"Portrait of Monserrat Monterrubio Ruiz.\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-683 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Monserrat-Monterrubio-Ruiz-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Monserrat-Monterrubio-Ruiz-65x64.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Monserrat-Monterrubio-Ruiz-225x221.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Monserrat-Monterrubio-Ruiz-350x344.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2024\/10\/Monserrat-Monterrubio-Ruiz.png 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monserrat Monterrubio Ruiz, a Levin College alumnus, currently serves as the economic development director at Metro West Community Development Organization. With a background in architecture and urban planning, Monserrat\u2019s work focuses on creating inclusive and sustainable economic development strategies. Her journey at Metro West began as a small business coordinator, where she supported local businesses. Her exceptional skills and dedication led to her appointment as interim director, and eventually, as the permanent economic development director.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<p><em>Watch Monserrat introduce herself and describe her work:<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p>YouTube URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HI_smZ5Rvt4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HI_smZ5Rvt4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p>Duration: 0:40<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":510,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-757","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":446,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/510"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2871,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/757\/revisions\/2871"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/446"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/757\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/statelocalgov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}