海角社区

海角社区 has appointed Luisito 鈥淟ui鈥� Amador as its Director of Student Equity.

Student Equity is a statewide initiative that addresses disproportionate levels of educational access, course completion, and graduation and transfer rates among student populations. The initiative provides resources for colleges to identify issues specific to individual campuses, and to target any achievement gaps that exist between different ethnic groups.

In his new role, Amador oversees LBCC鈥檚 Student Equity Office operations and activities, and coordinates and directs Student Equity funds, personnel, and activities in collaboration with the faculty coordinator and the Student Equity Committee to achieve the goals of LBCC鈥檚 Student Equity Plan. Amador started Sept. 1, 2017.

鈥淪tudent Equity is an extremely important institutional goal for 海角社区,鈥� said 海角社区Superintendent-President Reagan F. Romali. 鈥淚 am confident that under Lui鈥檚 leadership, we will progress faster toward our goal of reducing, and ultimately eliminating, achievement gaps.鈥�

鈥淭he Student Equity plan focuses on increasing access, course completion, ESL and basic skills completion, degrees, certificates and transfer for all students,鈥� Amador said. 鈥淚 plan to work closely with faculty, students, staff and administrators on understanding how equity impacts their role and experience on campus.

I want to meet with people, ask questions and build partnerships with members of the 海角社区community on how we can be most effective in achieving the goals of the Student Equity Plan.

Amador comes to 海角社区from Cal State Fullerton, where he was the Director of the Veterans Resource Center. Prior to that, he served at Cal State Dominguez Hills, where he was the Acting Associate Director and the Coordinator of the Multicultural Center. He has also held administrative roles at Ca帽ada College, Cal Poly Pomona, and spent five years as a lecturer and assistant professor.

Prior to his career in academics, Amador served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves for six years as a Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense Specialist.

Amador holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Politics from UC Santa Cruz, a master鈥檚 degree in Cultural Studies from Claremont Graduate University, and is currently working on a doctorate in Education at Cal State Long Beach.