California College Guidance Initiative
Lenine Umali has a diverse range of work experience, starting in 2011 as a Community Advocate at Asian Law Caucus. From 2012 to 2017, Lenine served as the District Director for the U.S. House of Representatives, managing staff and overseeing operations, communications, and programs. In 2014, Lenine took the role of Political Director for a Congressional Campaign. In 2017, Lenine became the Director of External Affairs and Policy at Compass Family Services. Lenine then worked as the Director of Strategy for the County of Santa Clara in 2018. From 2019 to 2021, Lenine worked as an Account Manager at Keadjian. Currently, Lenine serves as the Director of Communications for the California College Guidance Initiative.
Lenine Umali completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Studies at the University of California, Berkeley from 2008 to 2010. In 2017, they obtained a Credential of Readiness in Business from Harvard Business School Online. Lenine then pursued their Master of Business Administration (MBA) from USC Marshall School of Business, graduating in 2022. Additionally, they obtained certifications in Content Marketing from HubSpot Academy in April 2022, as well as certifications in Cultivating Cultural Competence and Inclusion, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and Developing a Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Program from LinkedIn in 2021.
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California College Guidance Initiative
The California College Guidance Initiative (CCGI) smooths the path to college and career for all California students and unites the efforts of the systems and institutions that serve them. CCGI serves as the core of the college application tools in California's newly-established Cradle-to-Career System. Today, our unique, data-informed tools are available to one-in-five CA 6th-12th grade students - a population larger than the entire K-12 systems of 22 U.S. states. Over the next few years, they'll become available to all California students. Through CaliforniaColleges.edu, the state's official college- and career-planning platform, we provide comprehensive college, career, and financial aid information, along with tools that are informed by students' transcript data. These tools are designed to support counselors and help students identify and realize their college goals. Using a combination of data infrastructure, hands-on support, and online curricula, CCGI works to bring together educational systems and create a better academic and vocational future for California students. We do this by streamlining the college application process for students and families, supporting data accuracy and transparency to make sure data errors are resolved before they have negative impacts on students, and providing educators in both K-12 and higher education with the information and tools they need to make informed decisions around admissions, placement, guidance, support services, and financial aid.