Overview
As of 2023, the Latinx Thriving Implementation Team has fulfilled and completed its one year term.
In response to recommendations from the HSI Task Force to establish an HSI implementation plan that included the hiring of staff dedicated to the HSI initiative, the LTI Implementation Team was designed in collaboration with the Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion (VCEI) and the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (VCSA) and was shared between the two divisions.
The LTI Implementation Team was responsible for advancing the campus-wide Latinx Thriving Initiatives and providing project management to conceive and These recommendations were passed on to the LTI Implementation Core Team to be worked on by members of the Implementation Committee once the membership would be finalized. Mid-Spring 2023, similarities were identified in the goals of the different Thriving Initiatives and the idea to restructure the way implementation happens to work toward shared/similar goals together as opposed to in silos per community came to fruition. The restructuring is currently taking place and a big focus for LTI this Spring 2024 is working with the Office for Undergraduate Admissions and different schools locally to help bring more Latinx students to UC Berkeley.
The LTI Implementation Team was comprised of the:
- LTI Implementation Core Team (Co-Chairs: Isela Pena-Rager, Yvette Flores and Staff to the committee: Mitzi Iniguez, Elisa Diana Huerta (Thriving Initiatives Council Convener & Team Lead), Liliana Iglesias (Interim LTI Staff Director)
- LTI Implementation Committee (Core Team + Workgroup Leads)
- LTI Implementation Workgroups (students, staff, faculty, and alumni)