Latino Leadership Initiative Program Assistant

Description

Overview of role

The Latino Leadership Initiative (LLI) student program assistant collaborates closely with Connected Learning and community partner staff to engage, mentor, and support students throughout the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters of the academic year. The student program assistant will be a peer facilitator and program assistant to support community service projects impacting local Latinx communities through a topic of the cohorts choosing. 

 

Latino Leadership Program Overview 

Latino Leadership Initiative (LLI) program is a cohort style program that supports Latino/a/x students.  In partnership with a local partner, Latino Education and Training Institute (LETI), UW Bothell students get the chance to explore how they can be leaders in their community while gaining valuable networking and civic engagement experience. 

The LLI’s purpose is to increase awareness about issues and ideas that are specific to the Latinx community. Anyone who wants to learn more about the dynamic cultures that represent a variety of Latin American countries, cultures, and traditions is welcome to engage in this affinity group.

 

Program Goals

1. Empower Latino/a/x College and University students to be civically engaged in the local community

2. Expose Latino Leadership Initiative participants to a variety of educational and career optionn

3. Instill theory & application of multicultural leadership skills

4. Increase Latino/a/x identity consciousness & cultural competencies

 

Office of Connected Learning Overview

The Latino Leadership Initiative (LLI) program is part of the Office of Connected Learning in Academic Affairs. The Office of Connected Learning is committed to access and success for all students by promoting and supporting a range of co-curricular applied experiences that further cross-disciplinary learning, career connections, and contributions to a more just and equitable community on and off campus. Our units - Community-Engaged Learning and Research, Global Initiatives, and Undergraduate Research and Creative Project - connect you to new skills, community, research, and the world by applying your knowledge outside of the classroom and by diving deeper into a field of your interest.

 

Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity

The Latino Leadership Initiative program shares UW Bothell’s values of inclusion and diversity as core components of our mission to support students and educators within the UW Bothell community. To quote from UW Bothell’s commitment to inclusion and diversity, our work begins with the acceptance and celebration of the differences that are represented through the many diverse and minoritized communities on our campus and in the surrounding community. We recognize that we are bound together in a collective experience and that our actions impact all in our community.

 

Wage: $20.76 an hour  

Duration: September 2025 – June 2026, range of 5-12 hours a week

 

Commitment: 

• Range of 5-12 hours a week. 
• Attend bi-weekly in-person, on campus cohort meetings during: 

• Fall Quarter  

• Friday 4-5pm 11/21/2025 [IP] 

• Friday 4-5pm 12/5/2025 [IP] 

• Winter and Spring Quarter  

• Starting January 6th (Biweekly Tuesdays 5:30-7:00pm), 

• Attend LETI Saturday Sessions happening virtually