Classified Professionals’ Self-Advocacy & Empowerment - Audio 1

We kick off season 5 of ¿Qué pasa, HSIs? with a dynamic duo of Chicana-Latina leaders who serve their campuses and advocate for their colleagues through the Classified Professionals Senate. Classified professionals is a term used in the California Community College system to refer to staff who are in non-faculty, non-counselor, and non-administration roles including administrative assistants, financial aid, facilities, and maintenance, to name a few. This episode elevates our awareness of the ways classified professionals, or staff, advance servingness for students while advocating for classified colleagues on campus. Amparo Medina serves as the Student Activities Specialist at Oxnard College and is heavily involved in the Classified Senate where she completed 6 years as the Classified Senate President. Desiree Ortiz works at Irvine Valley College Police Department as the Senior Administrative Assistant and is a past Classified Senate President. Amparo and Desiree describe how their volunteer roles in Classified Senate is essential to servingness, both for students and for their colleagues as they advocate for equitable representation on campus.

Guests: 

Amparo Medina (she/her)

Student Activities Specialist, Oxnard College

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amparocmedina 

Desiree Ortiz (she/ella/her)

Senior Administrative Assistant, Police Services, Irvine Valley College

https://www.linkedin.com/in/desiree-ortiz-2ab78863/

Attachments / Show notes: 

https://www.ccccs.org/nonprofit-organization-about-us/4cs

APA Citation: 

Garcia, G.A. (Host). (2024, August 11). Classified Professionals’ Self-Advocacy & Empowerment. (No.501) [Audio podcast episode]. In ¿Qué pasa, HSIs?. https://www.ginaanngarcia.com/podcast/