ECAA BIOS

Former co-chair of Congreso and chair of C.In.A.C sub-committee. Graduated 1990. Currently working in adult education for the LAUSD, he is also the editor-in-chief at Powys Media, a small electronic media and publishing house specializing in Chicano literature speculative fiction.

Former Congresista and member of C.In.A.C. Left UCSB in 1995 and transferred to SDSU. Now writing code for a start-up software company in San Diego.

My name is Andre Vasquez and I grew up in the small agricultural town of Fillmore, (aka Filtros) Califas. I graduated from UCSB with the class of 1998. I was involved in La Voz, La Escuelita (co-chair), and an officer of El Congreso (outreach, co-chair, then chair). I am currently working on my Masters in Counseling Education at San Diego State University and ultimately plan on taking over the educational system as we know it (ha ha). Pero en serio, my most memorable time at UCSB was during the Hunger Strike in 1994 when I saw Raza come together and really show their potential. I look forward to bridging the gap between past and present Congresistas/activistas.