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Elisa Diana Huerta, PhD

Associate Vice Chancellor, Community Engagement & Thriving

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Dr. Elisa Diana Huerta (they/them/elle) is a Brawley born and Tejas raised organizer, educator, artesanx, and scholar. They completed their undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin and their doctoral work at the University of California, Santa...Read more about Elisa Diana Huerta, PhD

Gina Ann Garcia, PhD

Professor, Latinx Thriving Initiatives Faculty Director

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Gina Ann Garcia, PhD is a professor in the UC Berkeley School of Education. Her research centers on issues of equity and justice in higher education with an emphasis on understanding how Hispanic Serving...Read more about Gina Ann Garcia, PhD

Phenocia Bauerle

Director of Thriving, Native American Thriving Initiatives (NATI)

Phenocia Bauerle (she/they) is the Director of Native American Student Development (NASD) and the Native Community Center (NCC). A member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) tribe, she is a sixth generation descendant of Sits in the Middle of the Land, and a fifth generation descendant of Mountain Chief (...Read more about Phenocia Bauerle

Takiyah Jackson

Director of Thriving, African American Thriving Initiatives (AATI)

Takiyah Jackson (she/her) is the Director of African American Student Development and the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center at UC Berkeley. She also co-chairs UC Berkeley’s African American Initiative Steering Committee and has...Read more about Takiyah Jackson

Terisa Siagatonu

Executive Director for Organizational Transformation, Asian American & Pacific Islander Thriving Initiatives

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Terisa Siagatonu is an award-winning queer Sāmoan poet, educator, and transformative leader from the Bay Area. Born, rooted, and raised on unceded Ohlone territory in San Francisco, CA, she is the granddaughter of the late High Chief Leuluso’o Fualauto’alasi Leatutufu...Read more about Terisa Siagatonu