About LHFA

The Latinx and Hispanic Faculty Association is a group open to all faculty, regardless of race, ethnicity, or national origin, who desire to center inclusion and belonging of all self-identified Latinx and Hispanic faculty at UMBC in order to advance full-time academic appointments, retention, and promotion of Latinx and Hispanic faculty, as well as the mentoring and recruitment of outstanding graduate and undergraduate students of Hispanic and Latinx heritage.

Recent News:

Congratulations, Dr. Sandra Barrueco!

Barrueco, psychology, and colleagues receive nearly $1M!

Please join us in congratulating our colleague Dr. Sandra Barrueco on receiving nearly $1M to train graduate students in culturally competent behavioral health services for underserved Maryland...

Posted: September 6, 2024, 2:32 PM

Welcome Dr. Silvia Escanilla Huerta!

Teaching Colonial Latin America this Fall

Dear colleagues,  Please join us in welcoming, Dr. Silvia Escanilla Huerta to UMBC. She is joining the History department and will be teaching Colonial Latin America (HIST328) this fall....

Posted: August 26, 2024, 6:08 PM

New Logo!

Saying goodbye to our old one

It is time to say goodbye to our logo for the past 10 years or more! It meant a lot to the organization, but we were all ready for a new logo that represented our communities.  The winner of...

Posted: May 21, 2024, 11:13 AM

LHFA's Excellence Awards Winners

¡Gracias!

Thank you to everyone that attended our awards ceremony and end of the year celebration.  We had a great time celebrating our 2024 LHFA award winners. See photos of the celebration here: ...

Posted: May 21, 2024, 10:53 AM

Immigrant Appreciation Day - May 1st 2024

+ Pictures

Thank you everyone that participated in Immigrant Appreciation this year. We had a full day of events and are grateful that many student organizations (undergraduate and graduate) participated, as...

Posted: May 6, 2024, 2:27 PM

Repost: Immigrant Appreciation Day is 1 week away!

Orginal post from LHGSA here:  https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/latinxhispanicgsa/posts/141311 Hello Everyone! This post is to flag that immigrant appreciation day is 1 week...

Posted: April 25, 2024, 11:46 AM

Immigrant Appreciation Day - May 1st - Schedule of events

Please join us!

Schedule of events: 9:00-10:00am, Flat Tuesdays in The Commons - Custodial Workers Breakfast 10:00-10:50am, ITE 238 - Graduate Student Panel: "Navigating Grad School as an Immigrant."...

Posted: April 17, 2024, 12:00 PM

Immigrant Appreciation Day - May 1st

Save the date!

See the attached flyer for event's schedule. Join us to celebrate our immigrant communities! *If you didn’t see our first call for collaborators and you want to participate, please...

Posted: April 16, 2024, 3:40 PM

Hispanic/Latinx Lunch Reception During Admitted Students Day

LHFA Faculty welcomed Hispanic/Latinx students to campus

On April 13th LHFA faculty welcomed Hispanic/Latinx student to campus.  During the lunch, Ana Oskoz ( Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs) welcomed students and their families to UMBC. LHFA...

Posted: April 16, 2024, 12:31 PM

Repost: Storytelling & Dialogue on Indigenous Erasure

Learn from different tribal perspectives about experiences

RSVP here:  https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/ges/events/129096 Dr. Yolanda Valencia will be participating in this event. Hope many of us can join.  Wednesday, April 17, 2024 · 2:30 - 4:30 PM...

Posted: April 10, 2024, 2:52 PM