City Tech is a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). As an HSI that is “committed to providing broad access to high quality technological and professional education for a diverse urban population,”^[1] and in anticipation of the expected growth in its Hispanic* population, City Tech must reflect on its current policies and the culture of the institution to ensure an atmosphere of inclusion and respect, and meet the needs of Hispanic students.

The HSI Committee seeks to promote awareness of City Tech's identity as an HSI and the important role HSIs play in improving access to education and advancing equity for historically underserved students.

Find out more about the committee's activities on the OpenLab Site and email the Steering Committee members with feedback and ideas:

• Melanie Villatoro, Chair, mvillatoro@citytech.cuny.edu
  Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology
• Mery Diaz, Secretary, mdiaz@citytech.cuny.edu
  Associate Professor, Department of Human Services & Faculty Liaison, Crear Futuros
• Pamela Brown, pbrown@citytech.cuny.edu
  Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Marling Sone, msone@citytech.cuny.edu
  Interim Vice President, Enrollment Management and Student Affairs
• Justin Vazquez-Poritz, jvazquez-poritz@citytech.cuny.edu
  Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
• Ruth Garcia, rgarcia@citytech.cuny.edu
  Associate Professor, Department of English
• Benito Mendoza, bmendoza@citytech.cuny.edu
  Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering Technology
• Kim Cardascia, kcardascia@citytech.cuny.edu
  Academic Executive Officer, Office of the Provost

^[1] City Tech's mission statement: http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/about-us/mission.aspx
*We will use the term Hispanic as an umbrella term for Hispanic and Latinx to align with the Hispanic-Serving Institution designation.