Itzel Guzman

Assistant Transportation Researcher

Education

• B.F.A., International Affairs, Texas A&M University, 2021

Short Biography

Itzel Guzman is a Research Associate in the Multimodal Freight Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). She has two and a half years of experience at TTI working on a variety of connected and autonomous vehicle, hazardous materials, emergency preparedness, highway-rail grade crossing, freight, bicyclist and pedestrian safety, child restraint surveying and outreach, and seatbelt usage related projects. Several of the projects she has worked on have been sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM).
 
Since 2018, Ms. Guzman has been a soldier in the United States Army Texas National Guard. She is a Combat Engineer (12B) and has been trained as a HazMat Urban Search and Rescue Technician since January 2023. She is currently serving under the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Element (CRE) within the National Guard component as part of a federal response force for CBRN defense. This background has led her to her current focus in hazmat transportation and emergency preparedness.
 
Ms. Guzman received her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with a focus in International Politics and Diplomacy and a minor in Sociology from Texas A&M University in 2021.