Denzil Mohammed
Denzil Mohammed is an intercultural communications specialist who works to build understanding across boundaries utilizing a research- and asset-based approach. As director of the Public Education Institute at The Immigrant Learning Center in Malden, MA, Mohammed manages specialized online education for immigrant- and refugee serving organizations and teachers, local and national research initiatives with the Institute for Immigration Research, a joint venture with George Mason University, and collaborative public events that promote immigrants as economic and social assets to the United States. Mohammed serves on advisory boards for the Massachusetts New Americans Integration Institute and the Boston Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement. An immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago, he’s been published in The New England Journal of Higher Education and in the book Working Together: How Community Colleges and Their Partners Help Immigrants Succeed. He is a frequent speaker on immigration in terms of integration, narratives, demographics, entrepreneurship and education.