ESPERANZA SALGADO-RODRIGUEZ

2427 Fontana Drive | Glenview, IL 60025

708-337-0434| esalgado1@luc.edu
EDUCATION
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, Chicago, IL 2015-Present
Master of Education in Higher Education, anticipated graduation May 2017
Active member of Higher Education Student Association
Mentor in Higher Education Student Association Family of Scholars
Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, Chicago, IL 2011-2012
Mendoza College of Business
Nonprofit Executive Education Certificate Program
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL 2005-2009
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology and Spanish Literature

HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
Student Support Services- Hub Advisor, Graduate Assistant May 2015- Present
Advises students and parents on financial aid, account, and bursar matters including work study,
loans, scholarships, grants, and installment plans.
Regularly meets with Spanish speaking families about their students financial aid and bursar account.
Supervises 10-15 student workers responsible for completing special projects and staffing the
welcome desk.
Coordinates professional development for student workers, including resume workshops, leadership
training, emergency situation training.
Collaborates with various offices including Financial Aid, Bursar, Advising, and Admissions to provide
excellent student support and services.
Processes requests for transcripts, enrollment verification, and major/minor changes.
Works with Director of Student Support Services in coordinating the hiring of Graduate Assistants,
and student workers for other areas.

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, Chicago, IL

Co-Instructor, Introduction to Leadership Studies January 2017-Present
Designs and develops curricula for students enrolled in the first course of Loyolas Leadership Studies
Minor.
Manage a classroom of 14 students; all are students who identify as students of color, first
generation, and/or low socio-economic status.
Contribute to the students transformative learning experiences about leadership and how they see
themselves in leadership.
Introduce students to leadership concepts and theories.

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, Chicago, IL

Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Intern August 2016- February 2017
Develops a weekend retreat for Students Together Are Reaching Success mentees, mentors, and
student leaders.
Supervises committee of student mentors.
Creates assessments and evaluations for STARS retreat.
Develops and defines learning outcomes for STARS program.
Coordinates and cultivates leadership programing for STARS mentors and mentees.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
CORAZON COMMUNITY SERVICES, Cicero, IL
Director of Education and Leadership December 2011-April 2015
Supervised all educational and leadership programing, including after school programs for middle
school and high school students, youth employment programs, and violence prevention programs.
Supervised six staff members, and several bachelor and master level interns a year.
Successfully managed million dollar budgets for individual programs.
Coordinated and submitted all quarter and annual programmatic and fiscal reports.
Fostered regular communication and planning with state-level funding sources.
Performed employee evaluations, hiring responsibilities, and salary negotiations.
Wrote and submitted over 70 grants for funding for education and leadership programming.

Latino Initiative Coordinator October 2010-December 2011

Recruited and maintained four cohorts of 40 youth and parents as program participants.
Created and conducted workshops for parents and youth focused on education, leadership, and
culture.
Presented to Spanish speaking families on the topics of colleges, financial aid, health education,
community service, and community leadership.
Assisted youth and their parents with college financial aid and the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid.
Coordinated college visits for youth and their parents.

EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, Evanston, IL

Fellowship Intern August 2009-June 2010
Created and managed No Credit Contracts for at risk youth. Contracts were designed to help students
regain lost course credits due to truancy.
Interpreted and assisted for Spanish speaking families during parent/teacher conference, Individual
Education Program plans, and other disciplinary meetings.
Coordinated Student Activities Board reports.
Assisted with the management and advising of student groups, ex: Latino Q.U.E.S.T. and
Ambassadors
Established a chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Jr.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Member, Academic Research Team with Dr. John Dugan
o Contributed to research team examining the ways in which social location shape how individuals
understand, experience, and enact leadership.
o Coded data from 20 transcripts representing 40+ hours of interviews with leaders across career sectors
using analytic methods associated with critical, hermeneutic phenomenology.
o Worked to translate major themes to implications for practice particularly related to college student
leadership development.
o Developed skills related to evaluation transferable to the assessment of student learning.
Member of the Cicero Youth Task Force, Safety Committee Chair 2012-2014
Completed the Latino Policy Forums Illinois Latino Nonprofit Leadership Academy, 2013-2014
Loyola University Chicago, Women of Color Leadership Summit, Planning Committee, 2015-2016
Loyola University Chicago, LUCES Gala, Planning Committee, 2015-2016
Loyola University Chicago, Faculty Search Committee, December 2015-January 2016
Languages: Fluent in Spanish