Sarah Zenaida Gould is the executive director of the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute, a national project to collect and disseminate Mexican American civil rights history. A longtime public historian, she has curated dozens of exhibits with Museo del Westside, of which she is the founding director, and Institute of Texan Cultures. She is cofounder and co-chair of Latinos in Heritage Conservation, a national organization promoting historic preservation in Latino communities and advocating for the protection of tangible and intangible Latino heritage.