California Legislative Caucus 24th Annual Latino Spirit Awards Floor Session

Lupe Gallegos-Diaz (Achievement in Higher Education) is currently the Director of the UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Student Development Office and Co-Founder of the UCB Latinx and the Environment program. She teaches as a lecturer in the Chicanx Latinx Studies Program/Ethnic Studies Department at UC Berkeley. Mrs. Gallegos-Diaz has served in various leadership and advisory roles for a number of national organizations such as CCIME as a National advisor of the Mexican government in higher education; past Chair of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies; and currently serves as the national administrative coordinator for Mujeres Activas en Letras Y Cambio Social (MALCS); and currently, co-chairs the 10 campus UC Chicano Latino Alumni Association of the University of California. In the Bay Area, Mrs. Gallegos-Diaz serves as Chair of the Chicana Latina Foundation; Co-chair of Latinos Unidos de Berkeley and board member of El Concilio of San Mateo and Immigrant Rising.