Meet the 2023-2024 CLAVE Doctoral Fellows
The Centro de Excelencia at National Louis University serves as a hub for programs and initiatives to advance our work as a Hispanic and Minority Serving Institution. NLU received its HSI designation in 2016 and has grown its commitment to serve its Latina/o/x students. https://nl.edu/centro-de-excelencia-at-nlu/
CLAVE is an acronym for “Colaborando con las comunidades Latinx para avanzar en educación.” In English, this translates to Collaborating with Latinx communities to advance education. Through this initiative the CLAVE Graduate Student Institute was born. The purpose of the CLAVE Graduate Student Institute is to increase the retention and graduation of Latina/o/x and BIPOC master’s and doctoral students. The activities of the CLAVE Graduate Student Institute are supported by the Promoting Post Baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) grant.
A key activity of the CLAVE Graduate Student Institute is the CLAVE Doctoral Fellowship. The CLAVE Doctoral Fellowship is designed to develop, retain, and support exemplary Latina/o/x and BIPOC doctoral scholars at NLU. Fellowship recipients receive financial tuition assistance, book allowance and conference funding, individual and group mentorship, and opportunities to teach a graduate level course and/or participate in research with a current NLU faculty member.
We are extremely pleased to introduce the 2023-2024 CLAVE Doctoral Fellows to our NLU community:
Georgina Cervantes
Ed.D in Teaching and Learning: Linguistics, Diversity, and Equity Major, National College of Education
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgina-cervantes-141aa06a/
Taiesha Ford, Ed.D
Ed.D in Educational Leadership with Superintendent Endorsement, National College of Education
Nina Koufalias
Ed.D in Teaching & Learning in Curriculum Advocacy and Policy; Disability Equity and Equality, National College of Education
Elizabeth Lopez
Ed.D in Counselor Education and Supervision, College of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
http://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-lopez-45a659247
Markeise Russell
Ed.D in Educational Leadership with Illinois Superintendent Endorsement, National College of Education
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markeise20022001/
Holly Schlicher
Ed.D in Educational Leadership, National College of Education
Dulce Valenzuela
PsyD. in Clinical Psychology, Illinois School of Professional Psychology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dulce-valenzuela-87a367202
Not pictured:
Alma Solis
Ed.D in Educational Leadership, National College of Education
Sasha Villagrana-Frost
Ed.D in Educational Leadership, National College of Education
