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Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center at SJSU

Email: chicanxlatinxssc@sjsu.edu 

Main Phone: 408-924-5102

Office Location
Diaz Compean Student Union
Room 1340 (across from Jamba Juice)

Mailing Address
Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center
San José State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA  95192-0196

Staff Directory

Program Director

Currently Vacant

Program Coordinator

Selene Ramirez
Pronouns: She/Her/Ella
Email: selene.ramirez@sjsu.edu
Phone: 408-924-5014

Selene is a first-generation, queer Chicana from Sacramento, CA. Her parents immigrated from Jalisco, Mexico in the early 1990s to Los Angeles, California. Selene was born in Los Angeles and lived there in her early childhood years until her family moved her and her two younger siblings to Sacramento, CA where she primarily grew up. Selene is the first in her family to attend college, she attended Sacramento City College where she then transferred to Sacramento State University. During her time in undergrad she never fully felt supported by her campus community and oftentimes felt isolated and unwelcomed on campus. It was during her time at Sacramento State, in her Chicanx Studies classes where she truly found her community on campus. Selene always knew she wanted to help students like herself navigate the barriers and challenges that come with not only being a first-generation college student, but working class, Latinx and queer.

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  • Selene is a first-generation, queer Chicana from Sacramento, CA. Her parents immigrated from Jalisco, Mexico in the early 1990s to Los Angeles, California. Selene was born in Los Angeles and lived there in her early childhood years until her family moved her and her two younger siblings to Sacramento, CA where she primarily grew up. Selene is the first in her family to attend college, she attended Sacramento City College where she then transferred to Sacramento State University. During her time in undergrad she never fully felt supported by her campus community and oftentimes felt isolated and unwelcomed on campus. It was during her time at Sacramento State, in her Chicanx Studies classes where she truly found her community on campus. Selene always knew she wanted to help students like herself navigate the barriers and challenges that come with not only being a first-generation college student, but working class, Latinx and queer.

    After graduating with her B.A. in Chicanx Studies, Selene began her career in higher education in 2018 at Cosumnes River College. Selene served as the inaugural Program Assistant for the Dream Center on campus where she worked directly with undocumented students and students of mixed-status families by providing services and resources and implementing programming to achieve their academic goals. Selene also served as a Student Program Specialist at San Joaquin Delta College in the Dual Enrollment Program, in this role Selene was assigned to work with high school students from minoritized communities to give equal access to higher education opportunities by providing free college-level courses in both Transfer and Career Pathways. 

    
    In her most recent role, Selene served as a University Recruiter at Meta Inc. In this role, Selene worked to recruit and hire more diverse talent to give software engineer internship opportunities to students from marginalized groups and was also assigned to assist in the supervision of over 50 student interns from Mexico. Selene worked continuously to support and promote racial equity and inclusion within the company and ensure that student interns were offered full-time positions after their completion of their internship. 

    
    In her new role as the Program Coordinator of the Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center, Selene is looking forward to bringing her professional and personal experiences to provide mentorship through a holistic and intersectional approach, and create a welcoming and empowering space for our Latinx students. 

    
    In her free time, Selene enjoys spending time with her friends and family, and her two cats, Mango and Loki. Selene also enjoys nature walks, reading, trying out new food and coffee places, and loves the farmers market back home in Sacramento, CA.