Alejandro Becerra was Director of the Peace Corps in Paraguay
Alejandro Becerra
Tucson, AZ
Mr. Becerra started his career for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development within the International Housing and Mortgage Servicing Divisions, then the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, and most recently with the Office of Field Operations. Intermittently, he has held various other key positions in the federal government, including that of Policy Analyst within the Office of the Secretary in USDA where he helped save the federal government's only rural homeownership program for low- and moderate-income families.
Mr. Becerra also has worked for the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for the Spanish Speaking where he emphasized the effective use of federal housing and community programs within the Hispanic community. As a Presidential appointee in the mid-90s, Mr. Becerra was Director of the Peace Corps in Paraguay, South America. He later went on to direct AmeriCorps programs for the National Council of La Raza. He returned to HUD in 2000 as an Operations Specialist in Tucson, Arizona where he pioneered the Homeownership Voucher Program in Arizona.
Born in Mexico City and raised in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Mr. Becerra came to El Paso, Texas at age of 11. He graduated as valedictorian from Cathedral High School, a school noted for its academics. Mr. Becerra went on to obtain a BA and MA in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1966 and 1968 respectively.
