Engaging Hispanic/Latino(a) Youth Collaboration Leadership Team

Leadership Team members are part of a working group of individuals committed to take action towards increasing the representation of Hispanic/Latino(a) youth, to support practitioners in this field by facilitating collaboration, maximizing access to shared resources, and identifying and disseminating exemplary practices. Leadership team members include individuals from K-12, higher education, non-profit, government, industry, informal organizations, and community-based organizations, including computer science professionals, and computer science educators. Former Leadership Team members are:

• Enrico Pontelli, Chair
  Department of Computer Science, New Mexico State University

• Jacob Martinez, Project Director
  Watsonville TEC (Tecnología-Educación-Comunidad)
  The Center for Youth Success at Education, Training, and Research Associates

• Patricia Phillips, CSTA Voice Editor – K-12 Education
  Computer Science Teachers Association

• Mohsen Beheshti, Chair
  Computer Science Department, California State University, Dominguez

• Neiri Carrasco, Program Director
  Yakima Valley/Tri-Cities MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement) Center at Washington State University, Tri-Cities

• Robert Russell, Senior Education Associate
  National Center for Interactive Learning/Space Science Institute

• Krystal Escobar, Program Coordinator
  Dept. of Computing Sciences, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, College of Science & Technology