Thuy T. Huynh

Thuy Huynh currently serves as a Senior Associate Director and Chief of Staff at UCLA where she has worked for over a decade to advance the university’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by implementing policies and programs to close educational equity gaps among underrepresented and low-income communities. Ms. Huynh is an advocate for inclusive admissions policies and the development of robust university and UC system-wide outreach and retention initiatives to increase the representation of first-generation college students. Ms. Huynh has also worked at the UC system-wide level to advocate for policy and fiscal priorities that support the system’s basic needs and food security services administered at its ten campuses. Ms. Huynh was a key advisor in UCLA’s adoption and implementation of the Diversity Requirement in the College of Letters and Science.