UCLA Latino Alumni Association
The UCLA Latino Alumni Association (ULAA) is a volunteer-led network dedicated to uplifting Latino Bruins and fostering enduring connections between alumni and students. Our vision is to be a premier alumni organization that uplifts Latino Bruin achievement and celebrates our diverse and evolving comunidad. We accomplish this by providing spaces for Latino alumni and friends of UCLA to support, benefit, and advance the Latino community across mutiple generations of alumni, students, faculty, and staff.
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Support students
Your support helps to ensure today’s Bruins are positioned for success during their time at UCLA and beyond.
Volunteer with us
Get involved at your own pace. Join a committee or support an event by completing our volunteer intake form.
UCLA's HSI efforts
Learn about UCLA’s efforts to strengthen student access and success through our Hispanic-Serving Institution initiatives.
Latinx Success Center
The Latinx Success Center at UCLA aims to support students through culturally relevant, evidence-based practices. The LSC serves as an empowering resource hub, ensuring that students thrive academically, professionally, and personally. The center contributes to UCLA’s mission to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution dedicated to student achievement and excellence.
Letter from the ULAA President
Dear UCLA Latino Alumni Association (ULAA) Community,
I write with great excitement and gratitude as the incoming President of the UCLA Latino Alumni Association. I would first like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to our immediate past president, Cesar Pacheco, and the entire board for their dedication, leadership, and many accomplishments over the past year. I also want to recognize and honor all of the leaders who have served ULAA since its founding in 1989. Their commitment and vision have helped build the strong foundation upon which we continue to grow and serve the Latino Bruin community today.
As a first-generation college student and proud two-time UCLA graduate, I am deeply honored to serve this incredible community. UCLA has profoundly shaped my life. It is where I earned my degrees, met my partner, and developed the values and experiences that continue to guide me personally and professionally. Like many of you, UCLA will always hold a special place…
UCLA Latino Alumni Association Events
UCLA Latino Alumni Association Bruins Voices Town Hall: Centering the Latinx Student Experience
The Current UCLA Latinx Students Town Hall creates a space for current Latinx students to share their experiences, perspectives, needs, and aspirations directly with the UCLA Latino Alumni Association (ULAA).…
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resources for students
scholarship & support
Your support ensures that Bruins are set up for success while on campus and beyond. Make a gift today to one of our scholarship funds to provide Bruins with a world-class UCLA education. You can also contribute to our network operations fund which ensures we can continue to provide programs and opportunities for alumni to connect and build community.
In addition to accepting individual contributions, our network is also accepting sponsorships and corporate donations. For additional ways to give or to support our fundraising efforts, please reach out to latino@alumni.ucla.edu.
funds to support
UCLA Latino Alumni Association fund
Donate to this operations fund to support our programs, events and activities.
UCLA Latino Alumni Association endowed scholarship fund
By contributing to this endowed fund, established in 1999, you are continuing our legacy of supporting students. Contributions to our endowed scholarship fund are invested with The UCLA Foundation, and guaranteed, annual scholarships are awarded to new and continuing freshmen and transfer undergraduate students at UCLA who have distinguished themselves academically and have demonstrated a history of service to the Latino community.
UCLA Latino Alumni scholarship fund
Your gift to this scholarship fund, established in 1997, supports one-time scholarships to incoming and continuing undergraduate, graduate or professional students with the goal of helping meet financial need.
Jaquez family scholarship fund
Established in 2023 in partnership with the Jaquez family, in celebration of the athletic and academic achievements of Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Gabriela Jaquez, this endowed fund supports up to a 4-year, need-based scholarship for students from Adolfo Camarillo High School as a first priority, and Oxnard Union High School district as second priority.
Snaider Garriga family scholarship
Established in 2023 by the Snaider Garriga family, this endowed fund supports undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need who wish to participate in UCLA study abroad programs.
give by mail
Checks payable to “The UCLA Foundation” can be mailed to:
The UCLA Foundation
PO Box 7145
Pasadena, CA 91109-9903
Please indicate which fund you wish to direct your gift to by writing the fund ID number in the memo line:
Fund #: 60003C — UCLA Latino Alumni Association Fund
Fund #: 80927E — UCLA Latino Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund
Fund #: 30584C — UCLA Latino Alumni Scholarship Fund
Fund #: 13801E — Jaquez Family Scholarship Fund
Fund #: 11541E — Study Abroad – Snaider Garriga Family Scholarship Fund
mentorship program
Established in 2016, the UCLA Latino Alumni Association Mentorship Program was created to build community among our scholarship recipients and alumni. The program was expanded in 2020 to include all UCLA undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in our identity-based mentorship program.
If you are interested in getting involved in this program, as either an alumni mentor or student mentee, please email us at latino@alumni.ucla.edu.
volunteer leadership
The UCLA Latino Alumni Association is a volunteer-led organization. Board positions are open annually in the spring with terms beginning on July 1. Many board members begin their journey as volunteers on one of our committees. We encourage you to get involved as a volunteer to get to know our organization.
Why Volunteer with ULAA:
- Give back and create opportunities: Your time and skills can directly support students and alumni through mentorship, scholarships, professional development, and community programming.
- Build comunidad: Volunteering creates opportunities to meet Bruins who share a commitment to strengthening the Latino community.
- Make an impact beyond yourself: Your involvement helps create the spaces, resources, and connections many of us may not have had as students.
- Use your professional strengths: Whether your skills are in marketing, fundraising, event planning, communications, relationship-building, or student support, there is a place for you.
- Develop leadership: Committees offer a pathway to become more involved in ULAA and help volunteers build leadership experience. Many ULAA board members begin their service as committee volunteers.
If you have any questions about getting involved, please contact us at latino@alumni.ucla.edu.
How each committee creates impact:
Student Success
Supports Latino students through mentorship, campus resources and engagement with scholarship recipients. This is an opportunity to directly invest in the next generation of Bruins.
Alumni Engagement
Builds community by creating opportunities for alumni to connect, reconnect and participate in ULAA programs and events. It helps ensure alumni remain connected to one another and to UCLA.
Fundraising
Helps generate the resources needed to sustain ULAA programs and scholarships. Fundraising volunteers turn community support into tangible opportunities for students and the organization.
Marketing
Tells the ULAA story through social media, newsletters, website content, graphics and other communications. This committee helps make sure Bruins know what ULAA is doing and how they can get involved.
University Relations
Strengthens connections between alumni and students through networking and career opportunities while engaging with issues affecting the Latino community at UCLA.
board of directors
president
Dr. Maritza Cha ’05, M.A. ’07
vice president
Josslyn Glenn ’20
associate vice president
Julio Garcia ’04
secretary
Karla Aparicio Ramos ’21
treasurer
Alex Moisa ’87
alumni engagement co-chairs
Humberto Benitez ’89
RJ Jiminez ’13
finance chair
Andrea Arias ’20
marketing co-chairs
Jaden Oquendo ’25
Ariana Ordoñez ’04
student success co-chairs
Uriel Delgado, Ed.D. ’24
Jennifer Quezada ’20
university relations co-chairs
Ricardo Ramirez ’20
Sharon Soto ’13