ULAA Scholarship Panel Interviewers Needed, Sunday, March 31st: Join us to select our next scholarship freshman scholars. Recipients will receive a minimum of $4,000, mentorship and invaluable resources from ULAA.  We will screen our incoming Bruins on Sunday, March 31st, Location: 3767 Worsham Avenue Long Beach, CA 90808. Time: 9 AM - 3 PM (https://goo.gl/forms/WpVxUC4JqnfkmOKm2

Finance Committee:

• • With 2019 being our 30th Anniversary, help us reach our $1M Scholarship Endowment goal by donating here: https://giving.ucla.edu/Campaign/Donate.aspx?SiteNum=1453&Fund=30584o%22%20target=%22_
  • Do you have an accounting or finance background and would like to help ULAA reach its $1,000,000 goal? Or do you own a business and would like to inquire about sponsoring a ULAA event such as our Fiesta de Inspiracion scholarship fundraiser?
  • Our next meeting will be a video conference on March 18, 2019 at 8pm.

For more information, please contact the Finance Committee Chair, Luisa Garcia at Luisa.a.garcia@alumni.ucla.edu

UCLA ONE

Do you want to learn about other Latino Bruins in your field or job opportunities?  Then join UCLA ONE, a platform to network and learn more about various professional opportunities.  The UCLA Latino Alumni has a created a group page! To join please sign-up at http://bit.ly/UCLAOneULAA

ULAA Volunteer Request for K-12/Non-Profit Career Panel/ Day

Educators/Non-Profit Advocates: Do you have an upcoming Career Day or Panel where you will need UCLA Latino Alumni to present about their career or be part of a panel? Please fill out the following to help us share your event! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScU8hBmMcTBOrEqjNGPaQATqZ8Y_nYT4Vsa7DXKGiKrr_4gFg/viewform  Alumni, we will share these wonderful volunteer opportunities to get engaged in the community on our website and the next newsletter

A word from our Latino Student Organizations

MEChA de UCLA will be hosting over 1,000 past, present, and future Mechistas from March 29-31, 2019 at UCLA for their 50th Anniversary Celebration as a national organization.  Our student leaders are looking to engage MEChA alumni for this wonderful event. Please fill out this form if you were involved with MEChA: https://goo.gl/forms/2OxSshyRmzWLT5992  

UCLA Scholarship Readers and Phone Interviewers 

Open House, General Meeting and Happy Hour

GAME WATCH PARTY 

UCLA Men's Basketball vs. Washington

Career Day | Presentation and Panel The ULAA Scholarship Committee is looking for guest speakers to attend our annual Career Day in February. If you are interested in sharing information about your field, doing a presentation on networking, resumes, cover letters and/or interviews, please fill out the form here.

Scholarship Readers and Phone Interviewers  Scholarship season is just around the corner! If you are interested in being a reader, click here to register. For those who are unsure of membership level, choose “member.” If you would like to be part of the ULAA phone interview process, click here.

Annual Holiday Mixer and Toy Drive More than $900 worth of toys was collected to support the Children's Institute, Inc.Thank you to our 30+ members for your generous contributions.

Fiesta de Inspiración Scholarship Reception The scholarship reception held in October was a great success, as we honored ULAA’s incoming 2018 Orgulloso scholars. More than $10,000 was raised towards our scholarship endowment and programming. A special thank you to our sponsors CKR Law Firm, Mama's International Tamales & Mamita’s Delights and Feel Good Salsa.

UCLA v. Cal Football | Watch Party ULAA and UC Berkeley Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association - Los Angeles chapter co-hosted a viewing party in October that offered alumni a chance to show off their school spirit. UCLA Football picked up its first win of the season against Cal.

Meet and Greet ULAA Board Members In September, our newly elected board of directors shared its vision for the committees and network as a whole with 40+ members at Boomtown Brewery.

The ULAA Ad Hoc Committee on Nominations and Elections thanks the UCLA Alumni Latino community and other participating alumni for the exceptional participation and engagement in the 2018-19 Executive Officers and Chairs election.

Over 1,000 of you took the time to make your voices heard in selecting the new leadership team. We look to your continued engagement in the coming year by joining one of the five (5) standing committees, email: loyalbruin@uclalatinoalumni.com, or volunteering to assist with events like Fiesta de Inspiración, which are part of our strong legacy in supporting students through scholarships, mentorship, and advocacy. We look to Latino Bruins of all generations to support this leadership team as we seek to harness the energy created by this election.

Here are your newly elected executive officers and chairs.

President, Soleil Delgadillo '09

Vice President, Janette Alvarez '98, M.U.R.P. '01

Secretary, Karla Lopez Aguinaga '16

Community Relations Chair, Erika Aspericueta '05

University Relations Chair, Sergio Valenzuela '13

Scholarship Chair, Maritza Cha '05, M.Ed. '07

Finance Chair, Luisa Garcia '10

The Ad Hoc Committee on Nominations and Election

Seira Santizo Greenwood, ULAA University Relations Chair         

Araceli Almazan, ULAA Membership Committee member

Gwendelyn Rivera, ULAA Scholarship Committee Member

Richard Salazar, ULAA University Relations Committee Member

Carlos Valle, ULAA Elections Committee Member

David P. Morgan, Director, Community Engagement, Diversity Programs

UCLA Alumni Affairs James West Alumni Center, Los Angeles, CA  90095-1397, dmorgan@support.ucla.edu(p) 310.825.0945 | (f) 310.825.8678