Xochitl Casillas

Xochitl Casillas currently serves as the Dean of Students for Chicano Latino Student Affairs at The Claremont Colleges Services since February 2018. Prior experience includes roles as a GEAR UP Specialist and Graduate Learning Specialist/Researcher at California State University, Fullerton from January 2013 to February 2018, and as a Research Analyst at Promesa Boyle Heights from July 2009 to January 2013. Xochitl began their career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where positions included Academic Advisor in the Equal Opportunities Program and Program Coordinator for the America Reads America Counts Tutoring Program from August 2006 to May 2009. Academic qualifications include a PhD in Education with a focus on Policy and Organizational Leadership, and an EdM in Educational Policy Analysis from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, along with a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.