![]() ![]() Carla Trujillo started working at UC Berkeley in 1985 as an academic advisor in Chicano Studies, and then as an instructor in the Department of Ethnic Studies. ![]() Brilliant at recognizing talent, and astute about the conditions necessary for successful student learning and discovery, she became one of the campus’ most highly respected advocates for diversity among faculty, students, and staff, as well as colleagues across the nation.ĭr. Trujillo demonstrated the power of caring mentors and attentive advocates for diversifying the graduate level. Above all, she proved the enormous potential that Berkeley has to diversify its graduate population. She also created innumerable programs that continue decades later. Trujillo’s 30-year tenure at Berkeley, she established the diversity officer model that today is in widespread use on the campus and is emulated nationally. degrees in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.ĭuring Dr. degree in Human Development from UC Davis, and her M.S. ![]() She was born to a working class family in New Mexico and grew up in Northern California. Her outstanding work was instrumental to generating DEI staff positions across the campus, and was influential nationally. Carla Trujillo was one of the campus’ first staff charged directly with serving as a change agent for increasing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). ![]()
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