Cauce’s own story starts in Cuba, where her father Vicente Cauce was minister of education under dictator Fulgencio Batista. Her parents fled the country in 1959, when Fidel Castro’s army took control, leaving Cauce, not yet three, and her five-year-old brother with family until they could join them a few months later.

Cauce was born in Havana, Cuba, to Vicente Cauce, minister of education under Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, and Ana Cauce (née Vivanco). [4] When she was three years old, her family, including her brother César, fled the island during the Cuban Revolution.

Jun 12, 2024 · The daughter of former Cuban Minister of Education Vicente Cauce, Ana Mari was a toddler when Fidel Castro’s revolution forced her family to flee to Florida in 1959.

Jun 12, 2024 · Cauce said she plans to use the next year to shore up support for higher education in the Legislature, work to encourage civil discourse and learning across differences, advance interdisciplinary research and teaching, break down traditional academic silos, and ensure a smooth transition to the Big Ten.

Mar 8, 2018 · Vicente Cauce had been the Education Minister for the brutal dictatorial regime, and feared reprisal from a liberated Cuban people. Settling in Miami, Vicente and Ana were forced to toil in a shoe factory to make ends meet.

Cauce is a professor of Psychology and American Ethnic Studies, with secondary appointments in the Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies and the College of Education. She maintains an active research program, focusing on adolescent development, with a special emphasis on at-risk youth.

Cauce’s starts with the Cuban revolution in 1958. When Fidel Castro’s rebels reached Havana, Cauce’s parents feared for their lives. Her father, Vicente, was the country’s minister of education. They left straight from a New Year’s Eve party for the Chilean embassy, where the ambassador arranged for their safe passage out of Cuba.

Jul 13, 2019 · Cauce has served as President of the University of Washington since 2015. She credits some of her success to her brother Cesar -- to the formative time she spent with him as a kid, and to the tragic way that he died at age 25.

Nov 1, 2011 · Vicente Cauce of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida was born on January 2, 1903, and died at age 83 years old in August 1986.

Feb 12, 2015 · Provost Ana Mari Cauce will become interim president of the University of Washington on March 2, the Board of Regents decided Thursday.