Iara A. Kirchner

IARA A. KIRCHNER

PROGRAM OFFICER & REGISTRAR, FUTURE INSTITUTE

Iara Arai Kirchner was born in Mexico and grew up in Edcouch, Texas. She graduated with a Communication Studies degree and a Spanish minor from the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. Prior to working at Future Institute, she completed a one-year marketing/communications position as a Planters’ Peanutter where she drove a giant peanut on wheels across the United States. She has also worked as a scheduling/production specialist for a Texas court reporting firm. She relocated from South Texas to Chicago in 2018 to coordinate the first international World Future Forum for Future Institute. Currently, she manages the two Future Leaders Initiative programs and acts as the registrar for all Concept Schools graduates.

Her favorite part about working with Future Institute is making a direct impact on students’ lives!