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Elaine Townsend Utin
Co-Executive Director
N.C. Scholars' Latinx Initiative
Class of 2016
Learning is at the heart of what I do because...
my ancestors were denied this basic civil right.
INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
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Before HGSE
EDUCATION
B.A., Middle Grades Education
University of North Carolina
Concentrations in Language Arts and Social Studies
HONORS AND AWARDS
Gates Millennium Scholar
Walter White Buckley Jr. Public Service Scholar
Carolina Covenant Scholar
HACER National Scholar
University Diversity Award
Order of the Golden Fleece
EXPERIENCE
Program Coordinator
Carolina Leadership Development Office - Chapel Hill, NC
Fulbright Korea Senior Orientation Coordinator
U.S. Department of State, Korean-American Educational Commission - Goesan, South Korea
Co-Founder and Mentoring Services Program Director
Korean Adolescent Mentoring Program - Daegu, South Korea
After HGSE
EDUCATION
Ed.M., Technology, Innovation, and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA
EXPERIENCE
Co-Executive Director
N.C. Scholars' Latinx Initiative - Chapel Hill, NC
- North Carolina Scholars’ Latinx Initiative (N.C. Sli) seeks to build pathways to educational, professional, and civic engagement opportunities for a new generation of Latinx leaders in North Carolina.
- Oversees team of 30 staff to manage programming for 125 first- and second-generation immigrants students and their families to provide mentorship, leadership and identity development, and support for college and career preparation.
- Develops program curriculum designed to support Latinx high school students from under-resourced rural areas achieve their goals of long-term careers by utilizing higher education.