Shanti Dorado (She/her)
Shanti Dorado is a passionate third-year student at UC Berkeley with a major in Sociology. As a low-income, first-generation student from Riverside County, she is deeply involved on campus as a Peer Advisor for Cal Student Central, Academic Chair for Hermanas Unidas, Internal Team Engagement Intern for the Chicanx & Latinx Student Development Office, and NAVCAL student fellow. Skilled in event planning, data management, and advocacy, she engages with her communities by creating events and programming for Latinx students’ belonging and thriving, making campus resources more accessible through workshops and discussions, and engaging with educational advocacy work. Her experiences as a marginalized student, her studies of structural inequality, and learning the impacts of capital disparities in her communities drive her interest in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work and being part of student retention programming and efforts on college campuses. Post-graduation, Shanti hopes to enroll in a graduate program that will allow her to further explore educational inequality and advocate for marginalized communities in higher education.
Major(s): Sociology
Minor(s): Public Policy