Diana Moreno started her position as Director of the Mt. Hood Community College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on September 11, 2023. While she is new to Mt. Hood Community College, she is not new to the SBDC program. For over 20 years, Diana has held different SBDC roles throughout California and Nevada, including providing independent contractor services through her own management consulting business. Diana is magna cum laude graduate of San Diego State University with a BA in international business and minor in Spanish and Latin American studies. She is bicultural and bilingual in English and Spanish and a professional translator and interpreter in Spanish and English. Born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, and raised in Calexico, California, USA, Diana is a first-generation college graduate, naturalized U.S. citizen, and licensed private pilot which helped paved the way for members of her family to do the same. She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon, near her daughter, son-in-law, and two infant grandsons.