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My career as a student affairs professional has been dedicated to serving underrepresented students and providing all students with opportunities in which they can explore their own identities and learn about the value that diversity brings to their educational and personal growth.  My ultimate goal is to empower students to become socially aware citizens and agents of change in their communities.

The Cross Cultural Retreat is a weekend-long program where students, faculty and staff experience thought provoking workshops and small group discussions about cross cultural issues while striving toward building community. This program also provides an opportunity for honest dialogue about issues related to diversity and how to build effective multicultural alliances across cultures.

I have participated in the Cross Cultural Retreat two times since my tenure at Cal Poly Pomona. The first year, I attended the retreat as a participant and the second, as a small group facilitator.  As a small group facilitator, I was able to challenge and support students to think about their own identity, prejudices, and actions.

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To demonstrate my knowledge about how gender, class, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, sexual orientation, age, religion or spirituality, disability, ability, and institutional power affects individuals and their experiences, I would like to present a diversity training workshop I developed and facilitated with three of my colleagues for Resident Advisors (RA).  Below is the outline for the diversity training.

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While I know that some may consider me to be an "expert" in issues of diversity, multiculturalism, and/or social justice, I know that becoming culturally competent is a work in progress and a life-long commitment. I am fortunate to work in an area of student affairs that  allows me to examine and, when necessary, challenge my own values, world view, assumptions, and biases. I thank my colleagues from the Cal Poly Pomona Cultural Centers for educating me about the issues that affect their particular communities. I would like to present my position at the Cesar E. Chavez Center for Higher Education in the Office of Student Life & Cultural Center as evidence of my growth in this area.