Kathy Sisneros

Kathy’s background is in higher education, with the majority of her career spent supporting and leading diversity, equity, inclusion and justice efforts at the unit, department and institutional level. She has a strong understanding of structural ecosystems and the ability to identify important questions, engage key stakeholders, and identify potential solutions. Kathy has experience creating and delivering a wide range of DEIJ content and experience with multicultural organizational development/change, collaboration, and creating a supportive and safe environment for valuable learning to occur. She had dedicated her career to helping organizations become more inclusive and dedicated to working with and advocating for historically minoritized groups.

Kathy attended Eastern New Mexico University and earned a bachelor’s in Communications-Public Relations before achieving a master’s degree in Counseling at Northern Arizona University, and her doctorate in Educational Policy, Research, and Administration at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.