Latinx Leaders Network

As of May 2025, we have wrapped up another successful school year with the Latinx Leaders Network! Thank you to everyone who was a part of this community for the 2024–25 academic year. If you are interested in participating in next year's cohort, please register here. In August, we will reach out to registrants and update this webpage with details about the 2025–26 Latinx Leaders Network.

The Latinx Leaders Network is open to site and systems leaders in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano counties.

The Latinx Leaders Network is a space where education leaders who identify as Latinx come together to build community across diverse gender and language backgrounds. Recognizing the often limited collegial support for those who understand the unique challenges we face as Brown education leaders, we gather to feel seen, heard, and validated as we confront and address oppressive systems. In this space, we share insights and strategies for dismantling these barriers. Our network includes leaders with decades of experience as well as those just beginning their careers, yet we all encounter racial microaggressions and gender-based stereotypes that we can collectively challenge and overcome.

Community members will:

  • Build a network of Latinx leaders across the Bay Area to foster the exchange of ideas, experiences, wisdom, and expertise
  • Share “testimonios” to challenge and dismantle deficit narratives surrounding BIPOC students and their families
  • Engage in deep, meaningful conversations about race, gender, and power dynamics
  • Explore strategies that enhance professional practice and support the career advancement of Latinx leaders
  • Utilize our community's cultural wealth as a means to heal from systemic harms, stereotypes, and biases

Who Should Participate

Site leaders, systems leaders, counselors, school psychologists, TOSAs.

21CSLA programs are offered at no cost to participants employed in Title II districts and schools in six Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano. 

Click here to see schools served by the 21CSLA grant. If you do not see your school, district or charter system, please contact us at 21csla_bayarea@berkeley.edu.

Registration

Register here.

Questions?

Contact Richard Zapien at rbzapien@berkeley.edu