Dr. Elisa Diana Huerta (they/them/elle) is a Brawley born and Tejas raised organizer, educator, artesanx, and scholar. They did their undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin and their doctoral work at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Elisa’s scholarship and teaching focuses on expressive culture, women of color feminist praxis, hemispheric Indigeneity, radical pedagogy, and community-based research. As the Founding Director of the UC Berkeley Multicultural Community Center (MCC), and now Associate Vice Chancellor of EJCE, Elisa is proud to co-create dynamic and...
Director of Thriving, Latinx Thriving Initiatives (LTI)
Liliana Iglesias (she/her/ella) proudly identifies herself as the daughter of immigrant parents from Zacatecas and Jalisco, Mexico. Raised in Carson, CA, she graduated from Berkeley as a first-generation college student.
Commencing her professional journey at Berkeley nine years ago within the Undocumented Student Program as an Academic Counselor, Liliana has remained dedicated to supporting students using a multicultural, social justice-oriented, student-centered, and strengths-based lens. Her commitment extends to...
Director of Engagement, Asian American and Pacific Islander Thriving Initiatives
Dr. Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani (she/her) is a lecturer in the Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies Program of the Department of Ethnic Studies. Upon graduating from the Asian American Studies and East Asian Studies Programs at UC Berkeley, Dr. Tsuchitani continued her interests in critical pedagogy and educational equity in the Social and Cultural Studies Program of the School of Education on campus. Her academic service has included work with the UC Office of the President, the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, and the Student Learning Center. She also serves as founder and...
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 (Piegan). She had the privilege of working with her grandfather on editing a collection of Crow stories, The Way of the Warrior: Stories of the Crow People (2002). She has had the good fortune of being part of a rich cultural heritage and strong family grounded in the belief systems and worldview of...
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 been a leader on campus for the African American Initiative since it was actively launched in 2017.
Takiyah works with campus leadership to look at transformative strategies using an equity, inclusion, justice and belonging lens. As the leader of the Black community on campus, Takiyah works...