Vice-President of Academic Affairs

Letty Treviño
she/her/hers
5th year PhD, Spanish & Portuguese

I am a proud... "Born in Monterrey, Mexico and raised in Houston, TX. I identify as a first-generation, queer Chicana and Latina immigrant."
My secret talent is... "Elaborate themed party planning. My back-to-school dinosaur party comes with epic Jurassic Park soundtrack music."

​vpaa@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

Committees:

• Co-Coordinator, Graduate Student Orientation (GSO) 2020
• Chair, Graduate Retention & Diversity (GRD) Task-Force
• Co-Chair, Graduate Writing Center Oversight Committee (GWCOC)
• GSA Rep, Mentoring and Evaluation of Graduate Academic Progress (MEGAP) Implementation Committee
• GSA Rep, UCLA Commons
• GSA Rep, Academic Senate
  • Executive Board
  • Graduate Council

Ongoing Projects:

Academic Policy Advocacy in Response to COVID-19​

Policy Advocacy

Improving Accessibility to & Promotion of Student Resources

Student Resource Project

Develop Retention Programs & Diversity Support

GRD

Graduate Writing Center Oversight Committee

GWCOC

Improving Learning Accommodations for Grads

CAE for Grads

New GSA Website.

​Take a look around!

Snapshot of Weeks 5 and 6
​Encouraged the team to not work during election week
Connected students to basic needs
Met with Academic Senate Leaders to discuss graduate student support
Got the ball rolling on GSA Publications

Letty's Team

Director of Academic Senate & Academic Affairs

​Isabel Benvenuti 
she/her/hers
​3rd Year PhD, Spanish & Portuguese

"I am a proud bilingual, physically different New Jerseyan."
My secret talent is... "Running? I am training for a marathon in Spring 2021 (COVID-permitting)."

Committees:

• Co-Chair, Graduate Writing Center Oversight Committee (GWCOC)
• ​Member, Graduate Retention & Diversity (GRD) Task-Force
• GSA Rep, UCLA Commons
• GSA Rep, Graduate Council (Academic Senate)

Ongoing Projects:​

• Involved in all Academic Affairs projects to varying extents
• Academic Senate - policy
• Graduate Retention & Diversity
• CalFresh Initiative

das@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu​

CalFresh Initiative

Director of Publications

Amira Hassnaoui
3rd Year PhD, Department of World Arts and Culture (Dance)

Committees:

• Voting Member, GSA Cabinet

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pubs@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu

GSA Publications

Academic Senate Committees