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Name | Leticia Quezada |
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Info | Leticia Quezada (Oakes ’75, psychology)
Director, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, California State University San Bernardino.
Leticia Quezada is the former CEO, Mexican Cultural Institute, a cultural center dedicated to fostering a greater understanding between the people of Mexico and the US. Quezada was the first Latina elected to the Los Angeles City Board of Education and its first Latina President. She has received many awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hispanic Family of the Year Foundation; the Hispanic Business Magazine’s listing of 100 Influential Hispanics; the Dean’s Service Award, UCLA Graduate School of Education; Aztec Award in Community Service and Woman of the Year award from the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation. She is the cofounder of the UCSC Latino Alumni Network(LAN), an organization dedicated to serve the academic progress and professional development of UCSC students, staff, faculty and alumni. LAN hosted the first ever Chicano/Latino reunion at UCSC in April 2000, and recently established an endowment at UCSC for scholarships and programs. Quezada has served as a UCSC Foundation Trustee since 1994.
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