Nora de Hoyos Comstock
President and CEO of Las Comadres para las Americas. She also is the national and international founder of the organization.
Dr. Comstock received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982 in Educational Administration with an emphasis on community college management. She received a B.A. in History with a specialty in Latin America in 1974.
Dr. Comstock was born in Raymondville, Texas and moved to Austin in 1968. She has a set of adult twins. She lives in Austin with her husband of 27 years.
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