Chicanx and Latine Educandose (ChALE)
ChALE is a student-initiated, student-run peer retention program that serves the Chicanx and Latine community.
ChALE is a needs-based retention program that is designed to respond to the students' social, academic, and cultural needs with the goal of keeping them retained on campus working towards their path to graduation.
ChALE aims to support the Chicanx/Latine student community at UCSC by providing a wide range of resources through events that help students develop skills or obtain information that will assist them to overcome some of the obstacles that our community encounters as we attempt to achieve higher education. It defines retention as the statistical evidence of the persistent attendance of students from the time they come into UCSC till the day they graduate. This program uniquely identifies retention by including academic, social, mental, and cultural aspects that affect retention on this campus.
We provide peer academic, social, and cultural resources as a support for the Chicanx and Latine community at UCSC. The purpose is to retain and encourage pathways toward graduation.
Those that do not identify as Chicanx or Latine are still welcome to join our intimate space and dialogues.
ChALE Lead Retention Coordinator
Nayeli Quezada-Heredia
4th year, Psychology & Education, Democracy, and Justice (she/her/ella)
As this year’s ChALE Lead Retention Coordinator, I strive to provide unconditional support to the Chicanx, Latiné, and the wider campus community here at UCSC. By organizing academic, cultural, and resource-based events, we can collectively build a strong sense of community while pursuing higher education as students of color. I hope to continue ChALE’s legacy of retention by working to increase the number of Chicanx and Latiné students who complete their undergraduate degrees, sí se puede. In my free time, I enjoy going out for an iced matcha or coffee with my friends and writing poetry as a creative outlet.