2025 Student Cohort
ASCENSO Summer Fellow
- Project Title: “Wealth Disparities in Ventura County: Latiné Homeownership and Economic Mobility”
- Mentor: Kiku Huckle, PhD, Chair, Political Science
- Earning a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Economics, Giovanni is also a resident assistant.
ASCENSO Summer Fellow
- Project Title: “Silenced Voices, Stolen Time: The Wrongful Convictions of Latine Youth”
- Mentor: Andrew Madrigal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Earning a BA in Psychology and minoring in legal studies, Ashlyn is also enrolled in the University Honors Program while serving in student government as ASCLU President for 2025-2026 and as a peer adviser.
Pierson Summer Fellow/ASCENSO Cohort
- Project Title: “Left Behind: The Silent Struggles of Zimbabwean children with mothers across borders”
- Mentor: Lorena Muñoz, PhD, Chair, Global Studies
- Earning a BA in Global Studies, Ninelihle was also a Community Scholars for Black Lives fellow in 2024-2025 and serves as co-president of the Global Studies Club on campus.
Pierson Summer Fellow/ASCENSO Cohort
- Project Title: “Nonprofits in Ventura County Response to Attack on Undocumented Communities.”
- Earning a BA in Sociology and a BA in Ethnic and Race Studies, Isaiah is co-president of the Global Studies club and a resident assistant on campus.
Pierson Summer Fellow/ASCENSO Cohort
- Project Title: “Environmental Justice: Educational Guide for Latino Youth”
- Mentor: Lorena Muñoz, PhD, Chair, Global Studies
- Earning a BS in Environmental Science and minors in communication and global studies, Vanessa is enrolled in the University Honors Program and is co-president of the Earth Society club on campus.
ASCENSO Summer Fellow
- Project Title: “Fear and Belonging: How ICE Presence Reshapes Latino Community Spaces in Thousand Oaks”
- Earning a BA in Sociology and BA in Ethnic and Race Studies, Jenny has also been co-president of the Latin American Student Organization, a peer adviser for the First Year Experience program, and a Presidential Host Lead, organizing campus tours.
ASCENSO Summer Fellow
- Project Title: “Examining Latino Voting Patterns”
- Mentor: Kiku Huckle, PhD, Chair, Political Science
- Earning a BA in Political Science and minors in legal studies and ethnic and race studies, Anny is also enrolled in the University Honors Program while serving as co-president of the Latin American Student Organization and in student government as ASCLU Relations Director.