Steven Cruz, M.A., brings over two decades of professional experience in educational counseling, program development, and student affairs to Omega Educational Consulting. An accomplished speaker, program developer, communicator, and facilitator, Steven has an established record of providing admissions, housing, and personal support to his domestic and international clients.

 

Throughout his career, Steven has worked with countless international students to ensure successful acculturation and acclimation to life in the United States. Following completion of his master's degree in Student Personnel Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University, in 1993, Steven joined New York University as Assistant Director of the Office for African American, Latino and Asian American Student Services. At NYU, Steven was charged with managing a university-wide program that provided comprehensive counseling, leadership, and financial planning services to its diverse student body. Additionally, Steven developed numerous programs to recruit, advise, and mentor international students and provided career placement and graduate school advisement.

 

Steven forged a strategic alliance between New York University and the United States International University in Mexico City, which enabled groups of exchange students to study international relations abroad and immerse themselves in Mexican culture. Since founding Omega Educational Consulting,. Steven has presented several workshops on “How to enroll in an American University” in Mexico City (Mexico), Cali (Colombia), Belo Horizonte (Brazil), San Juan (Puerto Rico) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).

 

Steven has been a featured keynote speaker at NYU, Columbia University, and the Juilliard School of the Arts as well as numerous other conferences on student issues. Prior to his work in higher education, Steven worked for a non-profit organization that identifies and mentors intellectually gifted public school students for placement in the New York area’s most prestigious independent day and boarding schools. A native New Yorker, Steven is fluent in both English and Spanish and proficient in Italian.