I am active in several higher education professional organizations. My professional development provides knowledge which I use in my professional practice and faculty work. I also see my higher education professional involvement as advocacy for Latinx issues on college campuses.
Professional and Academic Organization Memberships
- ACPA College Student Educators International (formerly American College Personnel Association)
- Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
- National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE)
- Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA)
- Texas Association of Chicanos in Education (TACHE)
- Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators (TACUSPA)
Highlighted Professional Service
Co-Chair, Marylu K. McEwen Dissertation of the Year Award
ACPA College Student Educators, International (2025)
Institute Faculty Member, Faculty Institute on Teaching
ACPA College Student Educators, International (2025)
Associate Editor, Developments
ACPA College Student Educators, International (2024-current)
Scholarship Sessions Coordinator, ACPA 2025 Convention Program Team
ACPA College Student Educators, International (2024-current)
Directorate Board Member, Commission for Graduate Preparation Programs
ACPA College Student Educators, International (2023-current)
Institute Faculty, ACPA Faculty Institute on Racial Justice & Decolonization
ACPA College Student Educators, International (2023, 2024)
Faculty Reviewer, ACPA Marylu K. McEwen Dissertation of the Year Award
ACPA College Student Educators, International (2023)
Planning Committee, New Journal Development – ACPA Publications
ACPA College Student Educators, International (2022-current)
Retreat Faculty, ACPA Writer’s Retreat (Virtual)
ACPA College Student Educators, International (2021)
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee
National Headquarters, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity (2019-2024)
Editorial Board
Student Affairs on Campus: The Journal of the Texas Association for College & University Student Personnel Administrators (2015-2020)
Faculty Mentor, TACHE Mentorship Program
Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) (2020-2021)
National Advisory Council
National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) (2015-2019)
Officer Positions at National/International Level
Coordinator, Scholarship Sessions, ACPA College Student Educators International Convention Planning Team (2024-2025)
Co-coordinator, Research Papers & Posters, ACPA College Student Educators International Convention Planning Team (2017)
Directorate Member, Faculty & Research Liaison, ACPA College Student Educators International, Latinx Network (2015 – current)
Directorate Member, ACPA College Student Educators International, Coalition for Multicultural Affairs (2015)
Chair, ACPA College Student Educators International, Latinx Network (2011-2013)
Reviewer
Journal of College Student Development (2020-current)
Journal for Multicultural Education (2021-current)
Teachers College Record (2023-current)
Ad-Hoc Reviewer: Peer-Reviewed Conferences
ACPA College Student Educators International annual conference proposals (2008-current)
ACPA Commission for Professional Preparation sponsored session proposals (2016-current)
ACPA Research Papers & Posters proposals (2015-current)
ASHE annual conference proposals (2016-current)
NCORE annual conference proposals (2017-2021)
SERA annual conference proposals (2017)