Susana Victoria Rivera-Mills is a Salvadoran sociolinguist and academic administrator serving as the president of Aurora University since 2023.

[1] Her mother stayed at home and her father owned a construction and trucking business.

[1] Her dissertation was titled, Language Use, Proficiency, and Attitudes Among Hispanics in a Northern California Community.

[1] She joined Oregon State University as chair of the department of modern languages.

[1] In July 2018, Rivera-Mills became the provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at Ball State University.