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NLA Fellows 2021-2022 Cohort


Mona Aldana-Ramirez

Mona L. Aldana-Ramirez


Director of Student Success for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence
San Antonio College

Nancy Allen

Nancy A. Allen


Associate Professor
College of Nursing
The University of Utah

Eddy Alvarez

Eddy Francisco Alvarez, Jr.


Assistant Professor
Chicana and Chicano Studies
California State University – Fullerton

Robert Arellano

Robert Arellano


Professor
Southern Oregon University

LaTonya Berryhill

LaTonya Berryhill


Managing Director, Operations
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Director
Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR)
University of Michigan

Mari Castañeda


Dean and Professor
Commonwealth Honors College
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Deniz Fierro

Deniz Fierro


Director
Interim Dean
Social Sciences Cypress College

Jerry Flores

Jerry Flores


Assistant Professor & Special Advisor to the Dean
Department of Sociology
University of Toronto

Elena Foulis

Elena Foulis


Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University – San Antonio

Meligha Garfield

Meligha Garfield


Director
Black Cultural Center
The University of Utah

Reginald Hammond Jr.

Reginald Hammond Jr.


Program Manager for Academic Affairs
Trainee Success and DEI
University of Michigan

Denise Hernandez

Denise Adame Hernandez


Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Arlington

Susana Hernandez

Susana Hernández


Associate Professor
Department Chair
California of Southern University, Fresno

Jessica Hurtado

Jessica M. Hurtado


Director of Admissions, Office of Admissions
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
The University of Utah

Jessica Jones

Jessica L. Jones


Associate Professor
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
The University of Utah

David Lee

David E. Lee


Director, AANAPISI Program
Laney College

Karen Marsh Schaeffer

Karen Marsh Schaeffer


Director of Student Success & Engagement
College of Humanities
The University of Utah

portrait of Sheena McFarland

Sheena McFarland


Executive Director of Public Affairs & Communications
Reed College

Jose Melendrez

José L. Meléndrez


Executive Director, Office of Community Partnerships
School of Public Health
University of Nevada Las Vegas

Beth Mitchell

Elizabeth Van Epps Mitchell


Director of External Communications
Natural History Museum of Utah

Mildred Nicaragua

Mildred Nicaragua


Project Manager
TECO Energy

Heather Nyman

Heather Nyman


Associate Professor (Clinical)
Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
College of Pharmacy
The University of Utah

Veronica Reyna

Veronica L. Reyna


Associate Chair, Department of Government
Director, Center for Civic Engagement
Houston Community College

Ana Sanchez-Birkhead

Ana Sanchez-Birkhead


Associate Professor
College of Nursing
The University of Utah

Shiver

Shiver


Academic Program Manager
DACC College of Nursing
The University of Utah

Annie Tsui

Annie Tsui


Division Chair for Integrated Reading and Writing
College Readiness Division
Houston Community College

Michael Washington

Michael Washington


Educator, Historia, Leadership Scholar
Union Institute and University

Michael Young

Michael Young


Director, Entertainment Arts and Engineering Program
Professor, School of Computer Science
The University of Utah

Felix Zuniga

Felix J. Zuñiga


Campus Engagement Partner
Office of the Chancellor
California State University