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 who served on the U.S. Census Bureau committee that coined the term Asian Pacific Islander in the late 1970s. Terisa venerates his legacy in her paradigm-shifting work within the AA & PI community, having developed and collaborated with AA & PI campus centers, student programming,...
Terisa Siagatonu (she/they), award-winning poet, educator, and transformative leader, will soon be joining UC Berkeley to lead Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD) and the Asian American & Pacific Islander Thriving Initiatives. Born, rooted, and raised on unceded Ohlone territory, currently residing in Oakland, CA, she is the granddaughter of the late High Chief Leuluso’o Fualauto’alasi Leatutufu who served on the U.S. Census Bureau committee...
We're excited to announce that UC Berkeley has once again received designation as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) under Title III and/or Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEA).
A decade-long effort to expand classes and better serve the university’s Asian American and Pacific Islander students culminated in a “cluster hire” that spans various schools and disciplines.
On Friday, October 18, 2024, the campus community gathered to celebrate an important milestone in advancing equity for Asian American and Pacific Islander students, staff, and faculty as part of UC Berkeley’s Alumni and Parents Homecoming Weekend. Hosted at the Alumni House, “Building AA & PI Futures at Berkeley” highlighted the significance of UC Berkeley's federal designation as an Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Serving...
