Monica I. Orozco (born in

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) is a historian and archivist. She is the Director of the Santa Barbara Mission-Archive Library as well as Executive Director of

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. She earned her doctorate in History at

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in 1999, completing her dissertation entitled "Protestant Missionaries, Mexican Liberals, Nationalism and the Issue of Cultural Incorporation of Indians, 1870-1900." The dissertation focuses on the opening to foreign Protestants during the liberal era in Mexico, and their shared aim of incorporating indigenous culturally. She has published a portion of her dissertation. She taught Latin American history at University of California, Santa Barbara,

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, and

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. She also worked as an editor at ABC-CLIO. Since 2009 she has served as the second lay director and professional archivist at the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library. In 2016 she became the first lay executive director of the Santa Barbara Mission. She is featured in a

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program on the Santa Barbara Mission and the Mission Archive-Library, highlighting the importance of both to the cultural life of the American West, California history, and indigenous history.

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C-SPAN documentary on the Santa Barbara Mission and Mission Archive-LibraryRoger Durling, "The S.B. Questionnaire: Monica Orozco", ''Santa Barbara Independent''. 12 September 2016Sam Goldman, "New Santa Barbara Mission Executive Director Monica Orozco Ready to Engage Community", Noozhawk 25 July 2016Matt Kettman, "Monica Orozco's Mission Mission" ''Santa Barbara Independent''. 3 August 2016"Monica Orozco named new director at the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library," History Department, University of California, Santa Barbara announcement
Living people American people of Mexican descent Chicano 21st-century American historians American women historians Historians of Latin America Historians of Mexico Historians of Franciscan history American archivists American women archivists University of California, Santa Barbara alumni Santa Barbara City College alumni Westmont College faculty Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women Historians from California People from Santa Barbara, California {{US-historian-stub

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