Antonio Mouzon was named community impact director for the City of Dubuque in July 2024. Antonio previously served as director of the Dubuque Multicultural Family Center since June of 2023.
As community impact director, Antonio reports directly to the city manager and lead the activities of the City’s newly formed community impact department. Previously, the City’s community impact activities and staff, including the AmeriCorps Program, community outreach and impact programs, equitable fine and fee reform, and prevention and diversion services, were a division of the City’s leisure services department. The new department includes current community impact staff and activities as well as the staff and activities of the Multicultural Family Center.
In addition to overall management of the department, Antonio’s duties include:
- Working with city departments to achieve equitable fine and fee reform and prevention and diversion outcomes, and forward movement of poverty reduction initiatives.
- Collaborating with individuals and organizations to identify community needs, leverage community assets, and solve community problems through a collective impact model.
- Increasing understanding and knowledge of community members on the impacts of poverty and responding to the needs of communities disproportionately impacted by poverty.
- Partnering with organizations and City departments to create equitable outcomes for community members disproportionately impacted by poverty.
- Conducting studies, collecting and analyzing data, reporting on performance, and utilizing for program development and improvements.
- Preparing and administering state and federal grant applications, reports, and correspondence.
Antonio brought a broad range of relevant experience to the new role. As the City’s Multicultural Family Center director, he worked with the Multicultural Family Center board of directors to continue to further the mission of empowering all families of Dubuque to reach their potential and build unity through diversity, equity, and inclusion. Prior to that role, Antonio served the University of Dubuque as an instructor of personal empowerment focused on emotional intelligence. He led work with the Bridge Scholars Program, which assists many first-generation, underprepared, and historically marginalized students to develop personally, professionally, and academically, inspiring them through a successful collegiate career.
Before working at the University of Dubuque, Antonio was a Family Support Specialist with Families First Counseling where he worked with diverse families on developing healthy social skills to improve behavior within the home and in the community, as well as connecting children and families to community resources and supports. He also served as a Youth Care Worker for Hillcrest Family Services where he supervised diverse youth ages 12-17 in teaching skills needed to encourage healthy relationships, supportive living skills, and anger management.
Antonio and his wife, Alicia, also launched a health and wellness studio, Mindset Nutrition, to promote educational resources that allow community members from diverse backgrounds grow holistically. They address nutrition and the mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being of community members.