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MISSION : Formed in 2017, our partnership includes Orange County Environmental Justice, Jóvenes Cultivando Cambios (Youth Cultivating Changes; youth-led cooperative), and a small number of faculty and staff at UCI who are working together as equal partners to understand and address inequities in exposure to lead (a neurotoxin) and implications for health and academic outcomes for residents of Santa Ana, CA. Our first study found that Santa Ana census tracts with a higher proportion of children, low-income residents, and residents who identified as Latina/o/x had higher levels of lead in the soil. This year, we are examining the potential sources of lead in the soil to inform a Public Health Equity Action Plan.

MISSION : Inaugurated in 2019, AGU's Bridge Program was initiated to develop, adopt, and share inclusive practices for recruiting, admitting and retaining women and underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduate programs. AGU members are encouraged to share information about the AGU Bridge Program with any current or prospective students who may have an interest in pursuing graduate degrees in the Earth and space sciences. African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian students who want to join the Bridge Program can take advantage of a free common graduate school application that will be shared with multiple partner institutions.

MISSION : This award was named and established in honor of Alejandro Morales, an acclaimed author of Chicano/Latinx literature who has written novels, short stories and poetry in Spanish and English. The award is intended to recognize the achievements of a graduating 1st Generation undergraduate who has submitted a single authored written essay in English or Spanish or a combination of both languages that focuses on the Chicano/Latinx experience and composed in one of the genres listed below. Genres will be rotated yearly. Students are encouraged to self-nominate their essay.

MISSION : Funded by a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the Algorithmic Observatory is a partnership between UC Irvine, local community-based organizations supporting underserved communities such as Abrazar, and the credit union system, to empanel and empower minoritized, un- and underbanked people in Orange County to combat digitally-driven predatory financial products and mitigate harm from such products.

MISSION : Aspire, Learn, Mentor & Achieve (ALMA) Science Academy is a STEM education and mentorship program for under-resourced Santa Ana youth grades 4-6. The ALMA Science Academy is a year-long program divided into two sessions, Fall and Spring. The program is made possible through mentorships/collaboration with UC Irvine undergraduates, UCLA undergraduates, the Health Scholars Program (HSP), UC Irvine medical and graduate students, UCI Medical Center faculty and staff, and the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD).

MISSION : ASPIRE (Access Summer Program to Inspire Recruit and Enrich) leverages the Schools’ facilities and participating faculty for a 2-week Engineering and Computer Science Course over the summer period.

MISSION : Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA) is the longest standing and largest national minority-based organization with over 95,000 active members. ALPFA was the first national Latino professional association in the United States, established in Los Angeles in 1972. ALPFA is a nationally recognized organization that aims to empower and develop Latinx men and women as business leaders, in every sector of the global economy. ALPFA's mission is to empower and develop Latinx students as leaders of character for the nation in every sector of the global economy. ALPFA partners with different firms in finance, consulting, accounting, and much more.

MISSION : Ballet Folklorico de UC Irvine is a student run organization that welcomes students, alumni, and community members to participate and learn about a variety of different Mexican histories and traditions through dance and music. BFDUCI’s goal is to create a safe space for individuals of all racial and geographic backgrounds to feel comfortable with freely expressing who they are, whether it be through dance & music or other creative means. It is identified as LRC Affiliate Organization.

MISSION : FRESH Basic Needs Hub is a student-initiated effort that promotes equitable access to basic needs through student empowerment, community collaboration, and institutional integration. We are committed to making UCI a basic needs-secure campus.

MISSION : This organization is open to all bilingual students interested in pursuing a bilingual teaching career. Dual language immersion schools have grown exponentially throughout Orange County and beyond. These schools develop bi-literate students in English and another language (e.g., Spanish, Mandarin, etc.). Bilingual teachers are in high demand. This organization will focus on developing and supporting future bilingual teachers by providing volunteer opportunities at various dual language immersion schools, mentorships, and attendance at various cultural events. Join us to find out how this association can help you become a future bilingual teacher.

MISSION : UC Irvine, Bridging Anteaters Mentorship Program (BAMP) was created based on the need to connect high school consciousness with college consciousness. The mentorship program serves to be a resourceful program for both college students and high school students to explore about 1)identity, 2) leadership and 3) diversity. It aims to bridge the gap between high school and college students by providing the opportunity for self-discovery, consciousness, and transformational leadership with the purpose of understanding their identity in all the spaces they enter. Thus, the program works closely with Los Amigos High School a Title 1 school to empower student leaders to be active agents of change in their home, school, and community. [Funded by SOAR]

MISSION : Brown Bag Theatre Company (BBTC) is an ensemble of artists & scholars who aim to produce equally engaging & captivating artistic work that reflects & empowers the Latinx communities. We create various opportunities for young Latinx individuals, and our allies, within the performing arts. At BBTC, we believe that the discipline of theatre is a cultural force capable of transforming our community and we bolster this belief whilst celebrating the richness & pride of Latinx culture. BBTC was showcased as part of an ongoing zoom series that Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble is doing – BOFLTE is a Santa Ana based Latinx theatre company (Series is called “Staged Stories” and BBTC was involved with Episode #5). The mission of Beath of Fire Latina Theatre is to support the work and enrich the lives of Latinas in the visual and performing arts.

MISSION : The Cal-Bridge program is designed for California State University (CSU) students interested in pursuing a Ph.D in physics, astronomy, or a related field. The program utilizes research-validated selection methods to identify students from underrepresented groups who display strong skills along with academic potential - and provides them with the support necessary to successfully matriculate to a Ph.D program, ideally at a UC campus. Cal-Bridge has heavy representation among the Latinx community.

MISSION : CAHSSA is funded by a $796K grant ($203K to UC Irvine) from the National Science Foundation under UC Irvine leadership and collaboration from UC Santa Barbara, California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI), and the Chancellor’s Office of the California State University. It is conducting research to address barriers to grant proposal development and submissions by roughly 4,500 social sciences faculty across 28 minority-serving public universities in California. The Alliance will implement and evaluate grant proposal writing webinars, writing groups, and writing retreats; lead train-the-trainer workshops and social science leader seminars; and conduct content analysis of proposal reviews to analyze how social science research is constructed and practiced across institutional types.

MISSION : The Louis Stokes California Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP-CAMP) Program is a statewide initiative funded by the University of California and the National Science Foundation (NSF). | CAMP’s objective is to increase the quality and quantity of minority students receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the University of California (UC), while creating a larger STEM education pipeline. The CAMP Program began at UC Irvine in 1991; nine UC campuses currently participate in CAMP.

MISSION : The mission of the California Reading and Literature Project (CRLP) is to provide high quality professional learning for teachers and administrators in literacy and language instruction to help ensure that every California student, PreK-12, achieves the highest standards of academic performance.

MISSION : UCI CalTeach is a program to recruit and prepare diverse undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors interested in exploring a career in education, to become equity-oriented secondary teachers who are change agents in high-need schools. Through our coursework, students learn teaching skills and practice these methods in local K-12 classrooms.

MISSION : The CAMP STEM House is designed to provide newly admitted students majoring in a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with a welcoming environment that offers information, opportunities, and programming to help navigate the campus and bolster academic achievement. The house is focused on building community, strengthening science identity, and providing valuable resources for CAMP eligible students.

MISSION : Established in 1994, Casa is well-known for its strong sense of comunidad y de familia and a commitment to public and community service. Casa hosts several cultural and social activities (for example, the annual Reunión de Arte in the spring) throughout the year. Casa continues to offer a wide variety of activities to its residents and the larger Chicano/Latino community on campus. Casa has presented lectures by Chicano and Latino faculty, community leaders, and authors. Casa César Chávez is an award winning academic-themed campus residence, sponsored by the Department of Chicano/Latino Studies (DCLS), provides undergraduate residnets with a variety of Latinx-themed educational, social, and cultural activities. Although open to everyone, Casa César Chávez plays a key role in supporting the recruitment and retention of the Chicano and Latino student community at the University.

MISSION : The University of California Irvine’s Center for Educational Partnerships creates collaborations that support preparation for and success in higher education. Our focus is on equity and access for all students in order to achieve the University of California’s goal of academic excellence.

MISSION : The Chancellor's Excellence Scholarship is one of the most prestigious scholarships UC Irvine offers to freshmen entering from high school and transfer students entering from a California Community College. This scholarship is renewable for one additional year as long as eligibility requirements are met.

MISSION : The Chican@/Latin@ Graduate Student Collective at UCI, fondly known as "The Collective" is a group organized by and for Chican@/Latin@ graduate students and their families and friends.

MISSION : The CLSA Mentoring Program seeks to further support undergraduate Chican@/Latin@ students at UCI. Students who are accepted will be matched with CLSA members who already formally and informally mentor students. CLSA mentors are UCI professionals from diverse backgrounds, diverse careers, and dedicated to helping students succeed. A mentor can guide, support and motivate you as you complete your undergraduate degree. The Chican@/Latina@ Staff Association (CSLA) is a campus organization of UCI professionals committed to providing a social support network for Chican@/Latin@ staff and students at our campus.

MISSION : The Chicanx/Latinx Leadership Seminar is one of several identity seminars taught out of the Cross-Cultural Center for 1.3 units. Students explore the complex construct of the Chicanx/Latinx (ChicLa) identity, learn about UCI as an HSI, identify the common and unique needs of the ChicLa student population, help students develop a greater sense of self and agency, and enhance their leadership skills to advocate for their needs.

MISSION : The department of Chicano Latino Studies offers an Emphasis certificate program to PhD students in any discipline at UCI who wish to complement their disciplinary course of study with training in Chicano/Latino Studies. The Emphasis curriculum includes a required core seminar (ChcLat 200A) and additional graduate course offerings on latinx-related topics, many cross-listed with other departments. The Emphasis also hosts a professional development workshop series focused on latinx-centric best practices in research, writing and pedagogical skills, while also hosting community building events focused on meeting the unique needs of Latina/o/x students. In these ways, the Graduate Emphasis contributes to the recruitment, retention, and success of Latina/o/x/URM graduate students at UCI.

MISSION : In addition to its undergraduate major and minor, the Department of Chicano Latino Studies offers four certificate programs, open to students in all majors, designed to enrich their disciplinary studies with specialized course sequences on latinx-related topics or issues relevant to their future careers or graduate studies. Certificates are offered in the Social Determinants of Health in Latinx Communities; Latinx History and Culture; Latinx Social Policy and Issues; and the Chicano Latino Community in the Global Context.

MISSION : The UCI Libraries provides access to a wide range of online and print resources to support study and research across UCI disciplines. The Chicano/ Latino Studies Research Guide contains a curated collection of books, databases, newspapers, etc. that are available to the UCI community. Among the resources highlighted are:

*International Latino Books Awards Collection
*Chicano Database - contains a wide variety of materials (journal articles, books, book chapters) on the Mexican-American, Chicano, and the broader Latino experience from the 1960s-present
*Acceda Noticias - contains Spanish language newspapers

Research consultations are available by appointment.

MISSION : The mission of UCI Community College Programs (CCP) is to increase the number of students prepared for transfer to UC and other 4-year institutions by raising student achievement levels, closing achievement gaps, and preparing a diverse population of students for success at community college and beyond.

MISSION : The program supports incoming first-year diverse graduate students into the campus by
enabling them to work on exciting research projects and preparing them for success at UCI.

MISSION : In partneship with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Broadcom Foundation, this program is a series of six weekly in-person workshop sessions which take place after school at the El Sol Science and Arts Academy in Santa Ana, CA. The aim is to create a community-focused digital making workshop that is accessible for Spanish-speaking youth in Southern California. It will be culturally responsive, family-friendly, recurring, and Raspberry Pi hardware-based.

MISSION : This lab, which employs undergraduate and graduate student researchers, explores factors that promote high-quality relationships, with a particular focus on understanding how cultural factors shape relationship experiences in ways that benefit health. The sociocultural contexts we primarily study – of people of U.S. Latino, European, and East Asian background – have distinct ways of approaching relationships that offer an opportunity to better understand relationships and the implications of relationships for health. We use semi-naturalistic and experimental methods that combine self-report (e.g., questionnaires), observation (e.g., videotaped interactions), and psychophysiology (e.g., heart rate, cortisol).

MISSION : Deconstructing Diversity Initiative (DDI) was founded in 2015 with seed money from the UC Irvine Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture & Inclusion to address concerns about the campus racial climate. DDI was inspired by the Olive Tree Initiative's experiential learning model. DDI supports students in realizing their power to reduce racial and ethnic prejudice both within and beyond college campuses by promoting a deeper understanding of race issues central to US society. In this program, students travel to Chicago, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Montgomery, and New Orleans to gain insight of America’s history with BIPOC communities. Students’ travels are fully funded, and a faculty council helps guide their curriculum and learning experiences.

MISSION : Destino at UCI is a Christ-centered group for all students at UC Irvine gathering together for Familia Group to study the the Bible through the Latino lenses and build community.

MISSION : DECADE reflects the campus aspiration to achieve diversity parity in graduate programs with undergraduate education within ten years. Since the founding of the program, however, undergraduate enrollment has grown, while graduate enrollment has stagnated. Faced with the challenges of fostering access to graduate school admission and retention and the growing enrollment gap, a great deal of work remains to meet the program’s original goal. DECADE is also part of program that supports LatinX students and other under-represented minorities and international students to create an inclusive environment and support academic success.

MISSION : Through educational partnerships targeting local high schools, DIRHA strives to prepare students to positively engage within diverse and pluralistic environments both within and beyond their campuses. High school students across Orange County participate and develop an understanding and appreciation of diversity in race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, age, and culture. Because Orange County is quite segregated, demographics vary widely from school to school. Latina/o/x/ populations range from 6% at Valley Vista, and 9% at University Hills to 78% at Estancia and 99% at Santa Ana.

MISSION : This research team for undergraduate students examines BIPOC student experiences in higher education through a pscyhosociocultural lens. It has involved over 200 students in the last two decades. Engaging in year-long research projects, students conduct quantitative and qualitative research on BIPOC students’ educational psychological experiences. Yearly, approximately 8-10 projects are funded yearly by UROP, and 10-12 students present at the UROP symposium. The research team is comprised of over 50% students identifying as Latinx.

MISSION : DREAM Scholars is a collaborative program between the Student Success Initiatives and the DREAM Center at UCI. Our mission is to provide students with undocumented immigration status the academic guidance and social support necessary to ensure their educational and personal success. Our primary goal is to promote the holistic development of students by connecting them with campus and community resources, helping them build community, and providing them with tools to achieve their academic, professional, and personal goals.

MISSION : As the University of California’s largest academic preparation program, EAOP helps students in underserved schools prepare for college and the work force by completing all UC and California State University admissions requirement, and apply for college and financial aid.

MISSION : The UC-Edison Transfer Scholarship is awarded to students enrolled in one of the 40 community colleges located within the Southern California Edison service area and are on track to transfer to a UC campus. Recipients must have declared a major in science, engineering, or mathematics in order to become eligible for the award.

MISSION : El Sol Conexion is the arts and culture department at El Sol Academy Arts and Sciences, a pre-k through 8 grade dual language immersion community charter school serving the low income Latino community with education, health, nutrition services and life long learning opportunities in the humanities. Field Study students can intern with the director of El Sol Conexion and if requested, can be placed within the school itself assisting staff and educators. In addition, El Sol Conexion has been developed and implemented an online lesson plan that will support this school's K-8th grade students in their connecting with their community histories and each other during our COVID-19 pandemic, as well as zoom events that provide access to the contributions of Latinx artists.

MISSION : Program Mission Statement: to promote academic success for the 1st year students in the School of Biological Sciences. EASE is comprises of cohorts of no more than 30 first year students who take their Biology and Chemistry courses together throughout their 1st year at UCI. Each cohort will have a dedicated EASE Peer Coach and Academic Counselor to provide added support and guidance.

MISSION : Counseling Center support group for Latinas

MISSION : A collaborative initiative between UC Irvine and Cal State San Bernardino-Palm Desert Campus (PDC), whose student body is over 80% Latinx, this NSF funded activity is developing new science content for PDC courses; launching “NeuroScienceFest” one-day activities at PDC; developing a novel three-week summer school at UCI for PDC students in STEM skills (experimental design, math skills, computer programming, data analytics); internships for PDC students at UCI; and opportunities for students to work in PDC research labs with bimonthly support from UCI graduate students and faculty on experimental technologies and methods used to study perceptual decision-making.

MISSION : The First-Generation Faculty Author Series is an initiative that connects first generation students with first generation faculty through research and scholarship. The program helps students see themselves in faculty and establishes a connection with role models and possible mentors. FG authors (faculty) highlight their scholarship, share their findings, and create uplifting and validating academic spaces for FG students including a high percentage of Latinx students.

MISSION : The FGFQ program offers academic transition support and community building opportunities to first generation college students in the Social Sciences, to facilitate academic success in their first year at the university. With a unique model, the mentorship program is led by first-generation faculty and students for first-generation students. FGFQ is an annual program in which small groups of incoming “First Gen” first year and transfer students meet weekly for workshops, Q&A sessions, and other academic activities designed to help them make a successful transition into a new life as a university student. From 2020-2021 about 50-60% of students are LatinX students in this program.

MISSION : The First-Generation Becoming an Earth & Environmental Scientist program (First-Gen BEES) is a multi-day workshop (virtual in 2021; in person afterward) for high school students who would be the first-generation in their family to attend college and is designed to teach some of the unwritten rules about college, graduate school, and “Becoming an Earth and Environmental Scientist.” First-Gen BEES was developed and produced by Dr. Patrick A. Rafter and Dr. Katherine R. M. Mackey, both working in UCI’s Department of Earth System Science.

MISSION : Department of European Languages and Studies offeres the new French and Italian language courses at UCI, which are designed for Spanish speakers. Students interested in enrolling in either French or Italian for Spanish Speakers, should visit the UCI Department of European Languages and Studies website.

MISSION : Gateway Scholars Program aims to support the advancement and holistic development of its students. Educational partnerships make up a cohort of students, consisting of first-year students, continuing students, and transfers, who will receive support through intentional programming and advising to meet their academic, personal, and professional needs as they make their transition into UC Irvine. In order to apply, students must be a participant from one of the following educational partnerships:
- Santa Ana Promise (Adelante)
- Anaheim Union Educational Pledge (Anaheim Union HS District)
- Council for African American Parents’ Scholars
- Compton College Promise Initiative
- KIPP Students
- Reality Changers of San Diego
- Sun Family Foundation Scholars
- Breakthrough San Juan Capistrano

MISSION : The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) partnership grant from the U.S. Department of Education will prepare middle school and high school students for college access and success.

MISSION : Hermanas Unidas is a non-profit inclusive organization dedicated to empowering our members through three main pillars: community service, academics, & collegiate networking.

MISSION : The present context underscores UCI’s aspiration to be the nation’s leading Latinx Thriving University. This aspiration emerged out of the Bright Past. Brilliant Future. Strategic Plan in 2015, while an administrative taskforce in 2016 assessed campus readiness to secure federal designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). The resulting report UCI as a Latinx Thriving University in 2016 outlined three inter-related pillars to realize this aspiration.

MISSION : Humanities Out There was founded in 1997 by Professor of English Julia Lupton as an education partnership between UCI’s School of Humanities and the Santa Ana Unified School District.

MISSION : This work is focused on improving undergraduate STEM education and is targeted to Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
This is a National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (HSI Program) funded grant.

MISSION : The aim of the project is to develop an innovative culturally-relevant intervention focused on decreasing stress and improving quality of life in low income Mexican-American caregivers of children diagnosed with cancer. Additional funding would allow the research team to train students to help facilitate culturally competent patient-provider interactions for Spanish language families. Trained students could potentially function as peer navigators to families managing a recent cancer diagnosis.

MISSION : The Irvine Math Project (IMP) partners with a broad range of schools schools and districts across Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego counties to provide content-based professional development.

MISSION : Established in honor and memory of the late Chicano/Latino Studies and History professor, the Jeff Garcilazo Fellowship/Scholarship Fund provides opportunities for students to examine the historical and contemporary experiences Chicano/Latino communities.

MISSION : La Bienvenida serves as a welcome to all students, faculty and staff at UCI by raising Latinx cultural expression and providing opportunities for engagement through affiliated Latinx student-led organizations.

MISSION : Located in the Arroyo Vista community, the 18 residents of La Casa Nuestra will receive a unique and exciting opportunity to practice and improve their Spanish in their daily living, and to explore many aspects of the vibrant cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.

MISSION : The purpose of this organization is to increase the retention and graduation rate of Latine community at UCI, provide a safe space to unpack cultural stigmas and traumas, as well as provide resources to help navigate UCI. This will be achieved through Our Valores: [Goodness], Cultural celebration, and Our Stories. The above-mentioned shall serve as the foundational core values that La Familia will abide by to create a home-away-from-home and create an environment for students to create a chosen family in this new home

MISSION : The UCI Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center provides a wide range of education and advocacy services supporting intersectional identity development. We foster community, wellness, an open and inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, transgender, queer, asexual, ally, and questioning students, faculty, staff, and the larger campus community. We strive to develop an atmosphere of acceptance and wellbeing in which the campus community can support the academic mission of the university.

MISSION : LEAPS – Laboratory Experiments and Activities in the Physical Sciences – is an outreach program run by the School of Physical Sciences that brings local middle school students to the UCI campus. LEAPS objectives are to offer students from nearby middle schools a “Day at College” experience and to increase their awareness and understanding of chemistry, physics, and the physical sciences. LEAPS is intended to educate students about the opportunities that exist for them, to help them visualize their lives as students at a university, to engage them in hands-on experiences in research labs and provide opportunities to interact with young scientists. Since inception in 2012, we have had twelve events where 40-80 seventh and eighth grade students come to campus for each event. Students are from nearby middle schools (i.e. Sierra Intermediate School and Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School) in the Santa Ana Unified School District, where 96% of the student population is Latino/Hispanic and ~91% are eligible for free and reduced-price meals. These middle schools are particularly interested in this experience since their school has limited facilities for scientific experimentation.

MISSION : The UCI Latin American Studies Center brings together an active group of faculty and students who promote dialogue and collaboration in the study of Latin America across disciplinary boundaries and organize educational activities on Latin America. The LAS Center hopes to further engage the Orange County communities of Latin American ancestry and heritage through public programs, conferences, film screenings, and musical events that examine the history and cultures of Latin America as well as the influence of Latin America in the United States and the world.

MISSION : The Latino Business Student Association is a student run non-profit organization established in 2003. The purpose of LBSA is to assist its members, from various ethnic backgrounds and fields of studies at UCI, in the pursuit of professional skills and careers while raising awareness of the Latino culture.

MISSION : LEAD is the only celebration and awards event in the University of California system focused on Latinx graduate student success. Currently, Latinos are 39.3% of the state population in California but are only 11.8% of the graduate student population at UCI. LEAD aims to raise awareness of challenges in the graduate community, increase visibility of success, and inspire the Latinx community to advance in graduate and postdoctoral programs.

MISSION : We achieve these goals by mentoring and encouraging the next generation of healthcare professionals so that they can succeed in their journey, and by living and leading by example to best serve our communities.

MISSION : Along with Rocío Rosales and Glenda Flores is using a grant from the 2021-2022 Dean's Reading Group fund for a graduate student publishing workshop on "Latinos and Work" geared at exposing Sociology graduate students to the ins and outs of journal publishing.

MISSION : To encourage Latinxs in STEM and promote unity while developing them as better students, leaders, and professionals.

MISSION : We seek to empower Latinx law students to overcome challenges confronting Latinx communities in and out of the legal profession.

MISSION : The Latinx Resource Center (LRC) was founded in 2019 to raise awareness of social, political, economic, historical and cultural realities of the Latinx and Chicanx communities. We accomplish this mission by offering resources, programs, and a space where cultura, arte and academia are interconnected. Our vision is that these efforts will broaden access, increase retention and ensure a clear pathway to graduation through the empowerment of Latinx and Chicanx students.

MISSION : The Latinx Student Psychological Association (LSPA) is committed to providing a multifaceted awareness of both professional and academic resources to enhance the college experience of dedicated students aspiring to serve underrepresented communities in the mental health arena. It’s mission is to facilitate the professional and career development of aspiring psychologists and other service providers who desire an education beyond the baccalaureate degree.

MISSION : The Pacific Life LIFEvest Financial Literacy Program, hosted by the Center for Investment and Wealth Management at the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business, is a weeklong, on-campus program dedicated to helping underserved 9th and 10th grade students from Orange, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties. The program, now in its 9th year, is designed for high school students who have the potential to be first generation college students. The program strives to strengthen an understanding in financial matters, expose students to a college campus, encourage admission to a college or university, explore various career fields, teach social etiquette skills, and inspire confidence and success in all areas of life.

MISSION : The Firebaugh House is a campus housing unit dedicated to providing a foundation for the academic, emotional, and social success of students who are undocumented or have other marginalized legal status as well as students with undocumented family members. This house serves as a safe and welcoming space for students to come together, develop a better understanding of immigration status-related issues, and empower themselves and one another.

MISSION : Candidates who are bilingual in Spanish/English may be eligible to enroll in the Bilingual Authorization Program (BAP). The BAP exists within the Multiple Subject Credential + MAT program for bilingual candidates who wish to add the Bilingual Authorization in Spanish to their Multiple Subject Credential.

MISSION : Candidates who are bilingual in Spanish/English may be eligible to enroll in the Bilingual Authorization Program (BAP). The BAP exists within the Multiple Subject Credential + MAT program for bilingual candidates who wish to add the Bilingual Authorization in Spanish to their Multiple Subject Credential.

MISSION : The UC Irvine Math Community and Educational Outreach program (Math CEO) is a university-community partnership that aims to significantly increase the pool of low-income, Latinx youths from southern California that are interested in (and prepared for) science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations, by building an innovative afterschool enrichment program that supports underserved students from middle school to college. Almost 98% of participating youths come from low-income, Latinx families from Santa Ana.

MISSION : Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A) de UC Irvine is a multifaceted ChicanX/LatinX organization that concentrates on political, educational, cultural, and social issues that impact several identities. M.E.Ch.A. pledges to build community while bringing awareness to our campus about issues affecting the greater ChicanX/LatinX community. - was not active last year, but based on interest we believe it will come back this year.

MISSION : The Merage School Latinx Initiative seeks to provide resources and opportunities to support today and tomorrow’s U.S. Latinx leaders with awareness that Latino-owned businesses are the fastest growing business segment in the United States. Over the last decade, Latino-owned businesses have successfully grown 34% - far more than any other segment in the economy.

MISSION : Free Study Jams for Lower Division & Upper Division Math courses. Receive personalized peer-to-peer support designed to help you succeed. You can schedule 1-on-1 lower division and upper division math courses. Every quarter there will also be Group Tutoring sessions for specific math courses. In the past we have had them for Math 2a, 2b, 13, 120b,121a, and 180a with an offering of two courses each term. Co-sponsored by UCI CalTeach.

MISSION : Since 1999, the UC Irvine MESA Schools Program (MSP) has served elementary, middle, and high school students with the goal of enhancing math and science skills, exploring career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and ensuring that students are competitively eligible for the university.

MISSION : The MESA University Program (MUP) supports underserved and underrepresented students in attaining STEM degrees at UCI. Resources offered include mentoring, leadership and professional development, and embracing a learning culture of success.

MISSION : The UCI School of Biological Sciences established the Outreach, Research Training and Minority Science Programs (MSP) in 2000 to increase the number and academic excellence of underrepresented (UR) groups being trained as the next generation of biomedical research scientists. With help from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), MSP supports programs that foster research training and the development of a strong and diverse biomedical research workforce. MSP uses a “pipeline” approach to identify promising undergraduate students early in their academic careers (freshman and sophomore students) to foster an interest in research to ultimately enter Ph.D. programs in the biomedical sciences.

MISSION : National Girls and Women in Sports Day is where 300+ Girls and Boys under the age of 13 are invited to take part in a multi-sport youth clinic that culminates at a UC Irvine Women’s Basketball game. Attendees are exposed to a variety of sport skill instruction by UCI female student-athletes including volleyball, basketball, soccer, track & field, tennis, golf, cheer, and more. Many attendees are brought onto campus through community partnerships in Santa Ana and other underserved Orange County communities.

MISSION : This program, in partnership with 2U, Inc., aims to support young Latinx and Black alumni in gaining the skills needed to be ready for a career in technology. The boot camp-style curriculum teaches in-demand skills in data science, Java, and UX/UX design and is complimented by mentorship from Netflix professionals.

MISSION : Nu Alpha Kappa Fraternity, Inc. Psi Chapter at UCI is a Latino-Based fraternity that encompasses and values of all cultures. Through their pillars: -Academic Excellence -Culture -Brotherhood Through these pillars, pride pride themselves in being "Men of Mind...Men of Culture...Men of Pride." It is also through these pillars that we aim to improve our UCI and surrounding communities with events that will empower our academic endeavors as well as inspiring gentlemen from all backgrounds to seek leadership, community service, and academic-success.

MISSION : Nuestra Graduación formerly known as Raza Graduation began in 1978 as a small and intimate backyard event to celebrate graduating Latinx students. Years later, Nuestra Graduación was cultivtated to be one of UC Irvine's largest cultural graduation with over 300 participating students and over 4,000 guests. This graduation is unique in that it is organized and conducted entirely by students for students. Each year a committee of student volunteers work to create an intimate, festive, and culturally inclusive graduation ceremony that celebrates the achievement of our latinx grads.

MISSION : The Partnership draws participation from community-based health equity organizations, coalitions, and university faculty, staff, and students from a range of disciplines. We believe that building local resilience in response to the pandemic is not about bouncing back to pre-pandemic conditions. Rather, it is about bouncing forward to create the public health and safety interventions that we need in order to eliminate disparities and build health equity.

MISSION : Orange County Educational Advancement Network (OCEAN) supports partnerships between researchers at the UCI School of Education and schools, organizations, and educators. Our goal is to create initiatives and partnerships that positively impact our local communities.

MISSION : Our mission is to give back to our community, especially our marginalized youth while celebrating and promoting the Chicana/Latina culture.

MISSION : As the Pre-Law Latinx Association at the University of California, Irvine, we believe in increasing Latinx matriculation in post-grad avenues alongside law programs that serve to increase educational attainment within the Latinx community. We strive to develop a network of social support with resources easily available to students in the forms of mentorship, LSAT preparation, law school program preparedness, personal statement workshops, guest speakers involved in the legal field, and skill-development to enhance students\' preparedness to succeed in law school. We hope to establish an ever-growing Latinx-based club at UCI that will strive to create a welcoming community for all marginalized students, predominantly identifying of Latinx descent, seeking to attend law school and/or pursue in the legal fields.

MISSION : The UC Irvine School of Law Pre-Law Outreach Program (POP) is sponsored by the Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund and Blueprint LSAT, Inc. POP helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds understand the demands of law school, prepare for the law school application and admissions process, and be inspired to one day use their legal skills to give back to the community. In just eleven years, POP has provided education and inspiration to more than 400 undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Feedback from POP participants has been extremely positive. Immediately following the program, participants have reported that they feel prepared to apply to law school. Several months after POP concluded, participants reported that they had improved their GPA’s, enrolled in additional co-curricular activities, and sought out legal internships in order to be more competitive law school applicants. Additionally, POP graduates have volunteered to assist as interpreters with Public Counsel, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, and UCI Law’s Pro Bono Program. (There is NO CHARGE for students)

MISSION : Through a variety of innovative curricular experiences integrated throughout the three years of residency, family physicians graduating from this training track will have a unique and specific set of knowledge and skills that will make them highly desirable candidates for positions of leadership at community health centers, public health departments, academic faculty positions, or careers involving work in healthcare policy and advocacy. The Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC) prepares physician-leaders with the cultural toolkit necessary to address the specific needs of Latino patients in California. As part of the UCI Medical School’s Prime-LC program, the Department of Chicano/Latino Studies yearly offers seminar-style courses to help physicians in training to think about the social determinants of health and to develop culturally competent care when treating Latino patients. The Department of Chicano Latino Studies thus provides crucial support for the School of Medicine and medical education at UCI by helping PRIME-LC students develop an M.A. thesis and by offering latinx community-based, health-related projects.

MISSION : The Public Scholarship Summer Institute engages UC Irvine undergraduates in research activities together with students in El Sol Academy, Santa Ana, to explore issues of Latinx cultural history and identity.

MISSION : This collaboration between UCI, Rio Hondo College, Cal State Los Angeles, and the El Monte Union High School District (EMUHSD) implements strategies for academic success and college access. Specific to Rio Hondo College, The El Monte Union Pledge promotes UC Transfer Admission Guarantee (UC TAG) to students from the El Monte Union High School District that enroll at Rio Hondo College and complete the established UC TAG requirements to transfer to UCI.

MISSION : S-STEM Pathways to Engineering Collaborative is a comprehensive program dedicated to broadening participation in engineering disciplines. It is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The type of activities offered to support its objectives has consistently been shown to facilitate the retention and progression of underrepresented minority (URM) in STEM and represent a set of well-established “best practices”.

MISSION : The Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is an inclusive organization dedicated to fostering the success of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans, from college students to professionals, in attaining advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in STEM.

MISSION : The Santa Ana Partnership includes various opportunities for Santa Ana College students to successfully transfer to a 4-year institution. Current Santa Ana College students can participate in the Summer Scholars Transfer Institute (SSTI), a 10-day residential experience at UC Irvine.

MISSION : Multidisciplinary teams conducted group interviews with 319 participants in 3 counties, with a focus on Latinx community leaders and residents. The project gathered community perspectives on water disadvantage, including contamination and flooding. The project's data informs the allocation of $3.2 million in technical assistance for underserved communities is used to train over 20 elected officials to identify differences in community water experience.

MISSION : The Saturday Academy of Law (SAL) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, is a program that provides ninth grade students with a unique opportunity to improve their reading, writing and critical thinking skills while learning more about the legal profession and higher education opportunities.

MISSION : Sigma Lambda Gamma is the largest, historically Latina-based national multicultural sorority founded on the five principles of Academics, Community Service, Cultural Awareness, Morals and Ethics and Social Interaction.

MISSION : Sigma Pi Alpha is a Chicana/Latina Sorority. It was founded in the Spring of 1996 at the University of California at Berkeley by nine women who saw the need to create a close network of Chicana/Latinas - Chicana/Latinas who want to make a difference in the community starting with themselves. Sigma Pi Alpha addresses the academic, cultural, communal, and social needs of its members. We pride ourselves on three pillars which are: campus involvement, community service, and sisterhood. We believe "you choose us, we don't choose you".

MISSION : The mission of the Student Outreach and Retention (SOAR) Center, at UC Irvine, is to cultivate a community of authentic student leaders that aspire to develop innovative, student-initiated outreach and retention programs that foster critical dialogue, mentorship and shift the educational paradigm to improve college access, readiness, and retention rates for historically marginalized communities in higher education.

MISSION : SoCal BioEYEs is an outreach venture between UCI and local middle schools. Zebrafish are commonly used laboratory animals and we bring these animals into the classroom. We show how to use the fundamentals of the scientific process as well as teaching anatomy and genetics. Most of all we aim to provide the students with a fun and interactive experience to inspire an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

MISSION : To support all students in the School of Social Sciences in pursuit of their post-baccalaureate goals. The Social Sciences Academic Resource Center (SSARC) was created in 1992 to assist undergraduate students of the School of Social Sciences to obtain a competitive edge for their post-baccalaureate goals. Grounded in giving students opportunities, defining work ethic, and teaching professionalism, our Center has evolved into a one-stop location to address an entire range of student achievement and academic success, including graduate school admissions, career preparation, internship placement, scholarly promotion, and community.

MISSION : SHPE at UCI's mission is to change lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its full potential. Our vision is to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support, and development.

MISSION : The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers a minor in Spanish and a minor in Spanish/English Bilingual Education. The Spanish minor provides the opportunity to develop language proficiency while expanding knowledge of Hispanic cultures, literature, and linguistics. Many Spanish/English Bilingual Education minors combine their studies with fields such as political science (pre-law), pre-med, communications, psychology, and economics. The goal of the minor in Spanish/English Bilingual Education is to create a pathway to better prepare students who wish to become future bilingual teachers.

MISSION : Stacey Nicholas Office of Access and Inclusion is a joint office between The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences created in 2014 to recruit, retain, and graduate talented students from historically excluded populations who are currently underrepresented in Engineering and ICS.

MISSION : The Student Achievement Guided by Experience (SAGE) Scholars Program was founded in 1999 by the University of California Office of the President to strengthen the pipeline of talented and diverse students entering the workforce and to support them during their undergraduate careers. The SAGE Scholars Program provides undergraduates who have significant financial need with the tools to invest in their future through leadership training, career exploration, graduate school planning, and access to internship and scholarship opportunities.

MISSION : S.A.F.I.R.E. seeks to provide resources and support that promotes a safe environment for undocumented/DACA/Non-DACA/AB 540 students. With the collaboration of Allies, Faculty, and students, our vision is to raise awareness about the issues undocumented students face, as well as diversifying the image of the undocumented student identity.

MISSION : The Summer Academic Enrichment Program (SAEP) is an intensive, five-week on-campus residential program. It is designed to enhance the academic experience of first-generation college students. All costs are covered by financial aid and program funding; student participants incur no costs. SAEP is a landmark program on the University of California, Irvine campus and represents a successful model that offers a rigorous research experience. Participants receive 8 units of academic credit towards graduation. With over 28 years of serving the UCI community, the program's alums comprise of 50% -70% Latinx students. Many of these students have gone on to pursue graduate school, resulting in careers in the professoriate, policy, law, psychology, education.

MISSION : Student Success Initiatives (SSI)’s Summer Bridge Scholars are students who are awarded a scholarship to attend the Freshman Edge Summer Program, a 6-week program designed to provide incoming UCI students an opportunity to make the best possible academic and social transition to UCI. Students earn UCI credit and get a head start working towards their degree while meeting other new students, staff and faculty. After the summer, Scholars receive additional benefits including personalized guidance from a professional staff member, peer mentoring, priority enrollment, tutoring scholarships, skill-building workshops, and community-building opportunities.

MISSION : Program offers undergraduate and master’s diversity students an opportunity to work closely
with faculty mentors on research projects and provides an intense course of graduate
preparation workshops.

MISSION : The Future of Latinos in the United States: Law, Opportunity, and Mobility is a project that has been underway through the American Bar Foundation and now has a campus home at UCI Law. The project focuses on how law and policy can shape the incorporation of Latinos across the nation through four key drivers of opportunity and mobility: immigration; education; economic participation; and political participation and civic engagement.

MISSION : The INSPIRE Summer Program leverages the Schools’ facilities and participating faculty for a 2-Week Engineering and Computer Science Course over the summer period for community college students

MISSION : A 1.3 unit class in the Fall to help students succeed in their first year at UC Irvine. We invite all first-year and transfer students to participate in this class as they transition to UCI and learn how to thrive on campus. This class introduces on-campus resources to our students and college-readiness skills to help students build a strong foundation to their start at UCI! There are usually 14 course sections offered and the Latinx Resource Center offers one geared toward and about the Latinx community.

MISSION : Funded by the UC-Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative (UC-HSI DDI) this mentoring program for social sciences graduate students aims to enhance pathways to the professoriate for underrepresented students from California Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).

MISSION : The mission of the TRIO Scholars Program is to increase the retention and graduation rates of its student participants, and to guide and motivate students towards their transition from one level of higher education to the next. TRIO Scholars provides participating students a personal guide and a roadmap to success in order for them to achieve their personal goals and to maximize their academic and post-graduation success. Students must also meet one or more of the following requirements: Low-Income student, First-Generation college student.

MISSION : UC Collaborative to Promote Immigrant and Student Equity (UC PromISE) is a multicampus initiative at the University of California that conducts research with the goal of informing policies and practices that will advance equity and inclusion for undocumented and immigrant-origin students. Our collaborative brings together top scholars in the field to conduct cutting-edge, policy-relevant research and uplift best practices to promote immigrant and student equity. Our most recent study included a survey of children of immigrants attending the University of California to understand how self and parental immigration status affects educational experiences and wellbeing.

MISSION : Program offers educationally or economically disadvantaged sophomore students in science, technology, engineering or mathematics programs an opportunity to begin their research training by working with a mentor for two years.

MISSION : Founded in 2006 and headquartered at UC Irvine, UC-Cuba is a faculty and gradute student research community that fosters innovative, multidisciplinary research on a broad range of Cuba-related topics.The only such program in the United States, in the fifteen years since its founding UC-CUBA has organized ten multi-campus conferences & workshops. It has also awarded more than seventy research and travel grants to doctoral students in fourteen different disciplines from eight UC campuses. In collaboration with partners on the island, which include leading national institutions such as la Casa de las Américas, Instituto de Estudios Martianos, Instituto de Historia de Cuba, Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías, ICAIC and UNEAC, Revista Temas, and the Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, UC-Cuba has also provided logistical support to faculty and graduate students from the UC system and beyond to do research in Cuba. In 2017 and 2018 we returned the favor, hosting distinguished Cuban physicist Jesús Rubayo and Nobel-prize nominated author Leonardo Padura as the first Cuban scholars and artists-in-residence to the UC system since the 1950s. UC-Cuba scholars have published groundbreaking books with top-tier academic presses, and their research appears in a range of leading disciplinary journals in the U.S. and internaitonally.

MISSION : The Anteater Network is UCI's online mentorship that connects students to UCI alumni (as well as faculty and staff)

MISSION : The UCI DREAM Center stands with and serves those impacted by immigration policy through advancing systematic change, deconstructing oppressive policies, and fostering community. We work towards personal growth, collective healing, and visible change.

MISSION : The UCI History Project is an organization of teachers, historians, and affiliated scholars that promotes history and social science education through advocacy, professional development programs and leadership opportunities. We employ a research-based approach that focuses on the disciplinary skills of history and social science, content aligned with standards, and academic literacy. Our goal is to increase the achievement of all students and develop an engaged and informed citizenry.

MISSION : The mission of the UC Irvine Latino Alumni Chapter is to provide a platform for UCI Latino alumni and supporters for the benefit and advancement of the University, students, faculty, staff and the Latino community.

MISSION : • The UCI Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department (SCA) is actively collecting the records of the Latino Business Student Association for the University Archives. Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez, Digital Archivist for University Archives, also maintains an archival consulting role with Mesa Unida and MeCHA student organization leadership to record and preserve in the University Archives the Latinx student activities and accomplishments that are important to include in the history of the campus.
• SCA received a Mellon grant that will support Latinx student employment via our community-centered archives partnerships, which includes Latinx-serving community-based organizations. With this grant, SCA will provide Latinx students with the opportunity to learn from librarians how to do outreach to community organizations and help them to identify, create, preserve, and make accessible marginalized histories. The goal is to empower communities in the process of telling and preserving their own histories, while also training students.

MISSION : The main goal of the UCI Math Circle is to enhance appreciation of mathematics, and teach interesting mathematics not covered in a typical school curriculum. Participants are actively engaged in sessions of problem solving, specifically designed to empower their mathematical thinking skills.

MISSION : The UCI Office of Access, Outreach and Inclusion in the School of Physical Sciences was created to support the School of Physical Sciences in its goal to create access to our programs, outreach for underrepresented communities and represent inclusion within the school.

MISSION : The UCI S-STEM Physics Scholars program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, aims to increase retention and graduation rates of physics and applied physics majors at UCI, with a focus on students from low-income backgrounds. The program provides opportunities for peer mentoring (Resonance), increased academic support (Phys 99), and research and industry networking. The program will also provide at least 60 scholarships to financially-eligible and academically meritorious students at UCI who are majoring in physics or applied physics.

MISSION : UCI Science Project is grounded in research-based educational practices and understands the paradigm shifts needed for the Next Generation Science Standards. Our goal is to support educators to be transformative leaders that build capacity in their schools through empowering learning experiences.

MISSION : Transfer Prep works with local community college and high school partners that have significant potential for increasing their transfer-bound student populations, in particular those from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds.

MISSION : Faces in Mathematics mission is to change lives by developing the skills of underrepresented students’ in mathematics and providing impactful opportunities and support.

MISSION : The Undocumented Student Equity Project (USEP) is dedicated to conducting rigorous empirical research to inform institutional policies and practices that will advance equity and inclusion for undocumented students. USEP was founded at the University of California, Irvine in 2015 as a collaborative effort among undocumented and allied undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. It continues as an active collaboration that now extends beyond our own campus. It also aims to support the professional development of emerging undergraduate and graduate scholar-activists.

MISSION : Upward Bound provides opportunities for students to succeed in their precollege performance and pursuit of higher education. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families and/or students who will be the first in their family to go to college. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.

MISSION : This award was named and established in honor of the trailblazing Chicana historian, Vicki L. Ruiz. Faculty in the Department of Chicano/Latino Studies are invited to nominate graduating undergraduate students who have demonstrated scholarly excellence, service, and resilience for this award. The vision and dedication driving this student's accomplishments and resilience are meant to honor and continue the extraordinary legacy and strides of Dr. Vicki L. Ruiz. Students are not eligible to apply or nominate themselves or other students for this award.

MISSION : The initiative offers a community dialogue series for Social Sciences students where the Dean, AD of Undergraduate Studies, and other faculty address current social inequity issues. Offering a space of validation and empowerment, students share their narratives and thoughts on how the School of Social Sciences can better serve its students on issues of diversity and multiculturalism.

MISSION : This project examines the unheralded work of Latino migrant workers who clear non-native and flammable weeds to protect homes throughout Orange County's flammable wildland-urban interface. Research involves weed abatement crews and centers their ecological and scientific knowledge practices to understand the political ecology of wildfires and to propose novel policy recommendations.