Ep. 95 Luis Sierra Moncion on City Year: The Service Year That Shaped His Career

In this episode of the AmeriCorps Connections Podcast, host Nicki Fiocco sits down with Luis Sierra Moncion, a City Year alum whose service year brought him full circle—back to his own high school in Miami.

Luis shares how his City Year experience helped cement his identity as a community member, leader, and advocate, and how national service became the foundation for a career in higher education, civic engagement, and student leadership. From mentoring students at his alma mater to now serving as Deputy Director of the Center for Social Concern at Johns Hopkins University, Luis reflects on the long-term ripple effects of service.

This conversation explores:

• Serving in your hometown—and what that means for identity and belonging
• The professional and leadership development built into AmeriCorps service
• Trust-building, relationship-centered service, and showing up with humility
• Why national service matters for workforce development and democracy
• How service plants seeds that continue to grow long after the year ends

🎧 Whether you’re a current AmeriCorps or City Year member, an alum, or someone considering a year of service, this episode is a powerful reminder that the service ends—but the mission doesn’t.