Felisha Herrera, Ph.D.,
Is a Professor at San Diego State University and Faculty Fellow in the Division of Research and Innovation, where she oversees internal research funding initiatives and faculty support programs. As founding Research Director of the RES Institute, she has secured over $14 million in federal funding and leads interdisciplinary collaborations with more than 50 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). A nationally recognized expert in STEM education and community college pathways, her research uses advanced statistical methods to examine institutional, geographic, demographic, political, and economic factors shaping student outcomes. With over two decades of leadership in two- and four-year HSIs, she earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from UCLA and M.A. and B.A. from the University of New Mexico and A.A. from UNM-Taos (branch community college).
Anthony Villarreal, PhD
Is the Faculty Scholar & Director of the Latinx Resource Center at San Diego State University (SDSU). He earned a PhD in Education from Claremont Graduate University and an MA in Counseling from Lewis and Clark College. For nearly two decade, he has served as a bilingual educator within minority-serving institutions as a faculty community college counselor; student affairs, college outreach, and admissions at four-year universities; and a K-12 leader in California and Oregon. His college teaching experience spans both the two- and four-year sectors, including implementing a college-wide first-year curriculum, honors courses, and doctoral-level research methods.