Cynthia A. Telles
Cynthia Telles | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2022 | |
| United States Ambassador to Costa Rica | |
| In office March 11, 2022 – January 19, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Sharon Day |
| Succeeded by | Melinda Hildebrand (nominee) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cynthia Ann Telles |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
David J. Jimenez
(m. 1986, divorced)Joseph Waz (m. 2015) |
| Relations | Raymond Telles (father) Monica C. Lozano (cousin) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Smith College (BA) Boston University (PhD) |
Cynthia Ann Telles is an American academic and psychologist who served as the United States ambassador to Costa Rica under Joe Biden. She is a clinical professor in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and serves on the executive committee of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She is the founding director of the Hispanic Neuropsychiatric Center of Excellence.