November 21, 2018 

HACU Announces Leader-in-Residence Program for Students

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has announced 18 students have been selected for its first Leader-in-Residence Program. The students selected are from HACU-member institutions and recently participated in the ¡Adelante! Leadership Institute, which is the student track of HACU’s Annual Conference, held on Oct. 6-8, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia.

As part of the program, students serve as a resource on their campus and provide information about HACU internships, scholarships, and advocacy efforts. They will work with a mentor from their home institution to help guide them on campus outreach efforts.

The students selected and their institutions are:

  • Jazmin Chavez, California State University, Fresno
  • Daniel Perez, California State University, Long Beach
  • Jonathan Herrera, El Camino College (Calif.)
  • Alyssa Vargas Lopez, Colorado State University-Pueblo
  • Greicy Valdez-Consuegra, Naugatuck Valley Community College (Connecticut)
  • Hector Cardenas Zepeda, Aurora University (Illi.)
  • Victor Alvarez, Montgomery College, (MD)
  • Tyron Tyson, New Jersey City University
  • Carlos Talamante, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  • Luis Tejeda, City College of New York-CUNY
  • Leonardo Caballero, College of Staten Island, N.Y.
  • Yasmeen Munasser, Queens College City University of New York
  • Gabriel Sandoval, Oregon State University
  • Emmanuel Navarro, Universidad Metropolitana (PR)
  • Nashali Ruiz Esteves, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
  • Edwin FranciscoRivera Otero, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
  • Oscar Medrano, The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley
  • Marcos Monteiro, Eastern Washington University (WA)


  

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, founded in 1986, represents more than 500 colleges and universities in the United States, Latin America, Spain, and school districts throughout the U.S. HACU is the only national association representing existing and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). The Association’s headquarters are in San Antonio, Texas, with regional offices in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, California.

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