![Colombia by Muirhead](https://uwm.edu/clacs/wp-content/uploads/sites/329/2013/10/Colombia-Muirhead.jpg)
Photograph by Pablo and Jackie Muirhead
Through its federal funding mission CLACS supports Latin Americanist/ Caribbeanist faculty not only from UWM but also from public and private institutions throughout Milwaukee, the state of Wisconsin, and the Upper Midwest. People affiliated with CLACS possess a rich variety of research interests and the Center is fortunate to have such a tremendous amount of expertise among its members.