Our Team
All of our team members are experienced HSI practitioners from all over the U.S. This ensures that the practical examples we use and the topics we select for our courses are relevant to HSIs and emerging HSIs.
DrA. MeLissA Salazar
ESCALA CEO
Espanola, New Mexico
Suzi Reyes
Director of Professional Learning
Chicago, Illinois
Jasmine Nunley
Director of Operations
Arcata, California
DRA. Margarita Otero-Díaz
STEM-DEI Education Research Associate,
Key ESCALA Facilitator
Chicago, Illinois
KESIA Ceniceros
Client Relations Manager
Seattle, Washington
DRA. Maribel Jiménez
Curriculum Director
Seattle, Washington
OUR KEY FACILITATORS
We feature practitioners of color in our facilitation, especially Latinx professionals who have lived experiences that mirror the students we are serving. Many of our facilitators have and continue to carry the extra burden of pushing forward equity work that is unpaid and unrecognized in their own institutions.
Dr. anthony Battistini
STEM Mini Course/CTL-HSI Course
Angelo State University
Ph.D. Structural Engineering | UT Austin
MS Structural Engineering | UT Austin
BS Civil Engineering | Lehigh University
Dr. TOZI Gutierrrez
CTL-HSI Course/MTS Program
Portland State University
Ph.D. Philosophy | Our Lady of the Lake University
MSW | UT Arlington
BA Psychology | Western Oregon University
Dr. jose cabrera
STEM Mini Course
San Jose City College
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry | UC Irvine
Postdoctoral Scholar | Stanford University
BS Chemistry | Cal State Los Angeles
Liz DEVILLENEUVE
CTL-HSI Course/MTS Program
Yakima Valley College
MSW | Eastern Washington University
BA Law and Justice | Central Washington University
Dr. Paloma Vargas
STEM Mini Course/MTS Program
San Diego Mesa College
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, emphasis in parasitology | NYU Sackler
MS. Molecular Parasitology |NYU
BS Biology | UT El Paso and EP Community College
RAEANN Gutierrez
MTS Program
Pueblo Community College
Currently in a Ph.D. program
MS Higher Education Leadership | Colorado State University
BS Sociology and Criminology | Colorado State University-Pueblo
Dr. VANESSA HILL
STEM Mini Course/CTL-HSI Course
Springfield Technical Community College
Ph.D. Mathematical Education | U-Mass.
M.S. Mathematics | University of Connecticut
B.A. Mathematics | Mount Holyoke College