CALSA Women’s Leadership Symposium 2023

Attending this event?

CALSA Women’s Leadership Symposium 2023

1:00pm PDT

2:00pm PDT

Professional Photos: update your professional headshot for email signatures, websites and social media Registration (2nd floor, use escalators or stairs)

3:00pm PDT

Chicana Latina Journeys to Civic Engagement and Elected Office for the Empowerment of our Youth Lexia (Cypress A)Veronica Miramontes • Rita Burks Mock Interviews: hosted by executive search firms and CALSA's Mentoring Program Unity (Boardroom 2) Resume Review - Developing Your "Stand Out" Resume: hosted by executive search firms and the CALSA Mentoring Program Orenda (Sequoia A) Voz y Accion: Shaping Educational Policy Prisms (Cypress B)Dr. Alma C. Castro

4:00pm PDT

Mock Interviews: hosted by executive search firms and CALSA's Mentoring Program Unity (Boardroom 2) Resume Review - Developing Your "Stand Out" Resume: hosted by executive search firms and the CALSA Mentoring Program Orenda (Sequoia A) Share your Story for Career Success Lexia (Cypress A)Elizabeth Esquival • Deborah Bautista Zavala • Yanira Guzman Wielding, Shielding, Healing: Leadership Lights the Way Go Guardian (Cypress C)Christine Salazar • Dr. Judy Fancher • Blanca Risco

5:00pm PDT

Welcome Keynote Leading Brilliantly Ballroom (Sequoia B)Dr. Sohee Jun

5:45pm PDT

Reception: Building, Bridging and Bonding The Grove

6:30pm PDT

Dinner On Your Own!

7:00am PDT

"The Light We Carry" Collective Read & Journal Experience Go Guardian (Cypress C)Dr. Roxane Fuentes Activate Your Inner Light Orenda (Sequoia A)Dr. Rebeca Andrade Awakened Rest Prisms (Cypress B)Dr. Katarina Roy Schanz Ignite Your Day with an Early Walk! Meet At Hotel LobbySusana Mancera-Juarez

8:00am PDT

Power Breakfast (Team Time & Networking) Leading Brilliantly Ballroom (Sequoia B)

8:45am PDT

General Session Leading Brilliantly Ballroom (Sequoia B)Lupita Cortez Alcalá

10:15am PDT

A Beautiful Noise: Using our voices with clarity, purpose and joy. Go Guardian (Cypress C)Dr. Rebeca Andrade • Angela Der Ramos • Jessica Powell Applying Effective Competencies & Behaviors to Push & Pull Change as a Female Leader Prisms (Cypress B)Dr. Nancy Padilla • Emma Pereida-Martinez • Georgia Rhett Mentoring - Accelerating Our Learning & Growth Lexia (Cypress A)Dr. Rosa Guerra Representation Matters! Orenda (Sequoia A)Mary Helen Ybarra • Dr. Ursula Estrada-Reveles Women Who RISE Unity (Boardroom 2)Dr. Donna Marie Hunter

11:00am PDT

If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Lessons for the Next Generation of Women in Leadership Orenda (Sequoia A)Dr. Robin Avelar La Salle Lead Brilliantly: A District’s Journey to Rewrite the Future of Literacy for ALL Learners by in Investing in Educational Leadership Lexia (Cypress A)Kari LaSalle • Jeannette Schroeder Using Art to Reimagine your Approach to Leadership Go Guardian (Cypress C)Mallory Mack Using Virtual Reality to radically transform learning outcomes! Prisms (Cypress B)Anurupa Ganguly

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Leading Brilliantly Ballroom (Sequoia B)

12:30pm PDT

WLN Honoree Leading Brilliantly Ballroom (Sequoia B)Jerry Almendarez General Session Leading Brilliantly Ballroom (Sequoia B)Sylvia Mendez

1:45pm PDT

Be Authentic No Matter What Prisms (Cypress B)Dr. Antoinette Gutierrez Educator Wellness Unity (Boardroom 2)Dr. Katarina Roy Schanz Leading Brilliantly - Untraditional Pathways Lexia (Cypress A)Dr. Cynthia Sanchez • Dr. Velma Veith Shining Together by Mentoring, Coaching, and Sponsoring Women in School Systems Go Guardian (Cypress C)Natasha Baker, Ed.D. • Sandy Lyon, Ed.D Testimonios: Embracing and Elevating Latina School Leaders Orenda (Sequoia A)Dr. Blanca Baltazar-Sabbah • Dr. Rosa Coronado

2:45pm PDT

General Session Leading Brilliantly Ballroom (Sequoia B)Dr. Karla Estrada • Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell

4:30pm PDT