Dr Kelsey Iino
As a Los Angeles native and a California community college
graduate herself, Dr. Kelsey Iino (iino) has dedicated her professional career
to the community college system. She has worked for over 15 years as a
counselor in various areas and currently counsels students in the areas of
health science, athletics, creative arts, and MANA (an Asian
American Pacific Islander initiative grant program to support the Native
Hawaiian and Pasifika- community) at El Camino College, of which she is an
alumna.
Kelsey is committed to strengthening community college education
for the students of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). Since
her appointment to the LACCD board in April 2022,
she has hit the ground running and serves on the Legislative and Public Affairs
Committee, the Budget Committee, and the Athletic Ad Hoc Committee. She is also
the chair of the API Advisory Committee.
Kelsey has volunteered
in various capacities within the greater Los Angeles for over 20 years. She
currently serves as a board member in multiple organizations. These causes
include the Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Committee, an organization to sustain the legacy of Astronaut
Ellison S. Onizuka and to inspire and promote space and the STEAM field to our
youth. She also serves as the faculty representative on the Board of Directors
for the El Camino College Foundation, and Kelsey is also a Board Member of the Little Tokyo Service
Center and key
organizer of the "Straight Outta Little Tokyo" event series, through
which she engages in grassroots fundraising for the Terasaki
Budokan, a multipurpose
sports and community center located in the heart of DTLA.
Other key leadership
positions Kelsey currently holds include President of the El Camino College Federation of Teachers-AFT1388, representing nearly 1,000 full and part-time
faculty members.
Kelsey is a Los
Angeles native who grew up in the Southbay, attended El Camino College and
earned an A.A. in Sociology, transferred to UCLA to earn her B.A. in Sociology
with a minor in Education and then her M.Ed. in Counseling and Student Affairs,
and finally her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from USC.
Trustee Iino will work to better understand the culture and
uniqueness of the nine colleges to then effectuate student achievements by
supporting increased accessibility to essential services and resources
necessary for each campus. She hopes through her efforts as a Trustee she can
focus on delivering resources to provide dignity and purpose to students,
staff, and faculty across the District. She seeks to
provide solutions to the housing insecurity, food insecurity, and the rising
cost of living students face. In addition, she seeks to provide a voice for
LACCD’s nearly 15% AAPI student population.
July 2022
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