Meet the Task Force

Our Hispanic-serving Institution Task Force has worked to produce an evidence-based report with key recommendations for how UCLA can reach and maintain HSI status, including directing efforts and resources toward improving admission, yield and retention rates for Latinx students and making UCLA a more affordable option for Latinx individuals and those from low-income backgrounds. In the next several years, we will partner with units across campus to help us achieve this goal.

Task force co-chairs Alfred Herrera (far left), Vilma Ortiz, and Sylvia Hurtado pose with Chancellor Block and HSI Director Dr. Gonzalez (far right) in front of Judith Baca’s mural “La Memoria de la Tierra: UCLA” on campus. Photo Credit: Alberto Moreno

Task force co-chairs Alfred Herrera (far left), Vilma Ortiz (fourth from left) and Sylvia Hurtado (fifth from left) pose with Task Force Members (left to right) Laura Gómez, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Sonja Diaz, Claudia Salcedo, Hugo Cristales, Vivian Salazar, Seira Santizo Greenwood, David Hayes-Bautista, and Teresa Valenzuela in front of Judith Baca’s mural “La Memoria de la Tierra: UCLA” on campus. Photo Credit: Alberto Moreno

HSI Director

Past Task Force Co-Chairs

Alfred Herrera
Assistant Dean for Academic Partnerships & Director Center for Community College Partnerships

Sylvia Hurtado
Professor, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Vilma Ortiz
Professor, Sociology

Past Task Force Members

Eric R. Avila
Professor, Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies/History & Urban Planning

Diana E. Azurdia
Director, Recruitment and Inclusion, Graduate Programs in Bioscience

Jazmin Bentancourt
Undergraduate Student

Hugo Cristales
Assistant Director, Early Academic Outreach Program

Sonja Diaz
Director, Latino Policy & Politics Institute, Luskin School of Public Affairs

Ashley Dominguez
Associate Director, Federal Relations

Julio Fregoso
Graduate Student, School of Education and Information Studies

Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Professor, Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies

Laura E. Gomez
Professor, School of Law

Carlos Haro
Postdoctoral Scholar in Residence, CSRC

David Hayes-Bautista
Distinguished Professor, Medicine-GIM & HSR; Director, Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC)

Annie Huerta
Associate Director, Domestic Recruitment, Undergraduate Admission

Miguel Martinez
Assistant Director, State, Government & Community Relations

Norma Mendoza-Denton
Professor, Anthropology

Chon Noriega
Distinguished Professor, Film, Television, & Digital Media

Denise Pacheco
Associate Dean of Students, Dean of Students Office (formerly) Deputy Director to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs & Assistant Dean of Students

Marco Perez
Assistant Director, Local, Government & Community Relations

Rafael Perez-Torres
Professor, English

Rosa Pimentel
Senior Associate Director, Recruitment, Undergraduate Admission

Alejandra Ramirez
Scholarship Coordinator, Financial Aid and Scholarships

Ben J. Refuerzo
Professor, Architecture & Urban Design

Michael Rodriguez
Professor, Family Medicine

Carina Salazar
Director, Transfer Student Center

Vivian Salazar
Associate Director, AAP Counseling

Claudia Salcedo
Assistant Director, AAP; (formerly) Administrative Assistant, Center for Community College Partnerships

Antonio Sandoval
Director, Community Programs Office

Seira Santizo Greenwood
Administrative Analyst, Medicine-GIM & HSR/Chief of Staff for the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC)

Gary Segura
Dean, Luskin School of Public Affairs

Anthony Solana
Director, Employee and Labor Relations

Daniel Solorzano
Professor, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Alfredo Trejo
Graduate Student, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Leo C. Trujillo-Cox
Executive Director, Outreach, Law School

Miguel Unzueta
Senior Associate Dean, MBA Programs; Professor, Management and Organizations

Abel Valenzuela Jr., Professor
Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Urban Planning; Director, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment

Teresa Valenzuela
Director, Social Media, Alumni Affairs

Charlene Villasenor Black
Professor, Art History and Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies

Elizabeth Yzquierdo
Associate Dean, Student Affairs, School of Nursing; (formerly) Assistant Dean, Student Services, Fielding School of Public Health

Chris Zepeda-Millan
Associate Professor, Public Policy, Chicana/o & Central American Studies, and Political Science