Erin Howard

LLCEC Director
Who am i?
​Momma warrior. Educator-activist. Artist. Gymnast. Peacemaker. Community connector.  
The LLCEC is my favorite labor of love that I am grateful to direct, convene, nurture and build each year.  In 2006, I was one of a team of two visionaries who imagined this program into being; many years later, I am awestruck to see how the LLCEC has blossomed into a beautiful familial network where all participants are mentored, affirmed and challenged to grow in their identities, their leadership and service to community, their goals and their understanding of social justice and liberation. I work as Latino Outreach and Student Support Director at Bluegrass Community and Technical College where I also teach as an adjunct in instructor.  I have also taught courses in Immigration and Social Justice at EKU and through the Kentucky Institute for International Studies in Costa Rica. I spent three years as a board member for United We Dream; helped found the Kentucky Dream Coalition; and am still active with UWD’s educational justice work and the UWDN Action supporting campaigns to pass the DREAM Act and humane immigration reform.  
Contact info
Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Oswald 103 H, Copper Campus
859.246.6436
erin.howard@kctcs.edu

SCZ

LLCEC CO-DIRECTOR
Who am i? 
Scz
Cultural Producer & Organizer. Educator. Creator. Community Worker. Empath. Healer. 
I am grateful to build with a space committed to using critical and emancipatory pedagogies to provide holistic & decolonial education. We work to develop experiential and cultural learning opportunities which are unique for each youth. I am proud of the transformational work we do to create spaces for healing that focus on the individual and community. LLCEC honors the past and visions for the future, we hold the present through the lessons of In Lak’ech. ​
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Milton Meza

LLCEC CO-DIRECTOR
Who am I?
Jarocho. Student. Community Organizer. Paisa. Tech Lover. Dog Lover. Gym Enthusiast. Video Gamer. 

​Milton has been a student, co-facilitator, and facilitator of LLCEC since 2011. His time at LLCEC has shaped a better part of who he is as a person, and the lasting friendships he has to this day. He returns every year as a volunteer because he loves meeting everyone and their stories. He hopes every year that his experience and knowledge will make a positive impact on the students. 
He is a Psychology student at EKU, director of the Kentucky Dream Coalition, 100% Jarocho, and loves tacos al pastor y un rico coctel! 
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Contact info
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
859.246.6530
milton.meza@kctcs.edu
Kentucky Dream Coalition: milton.meza@kentuckydreamcoalition.com
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Armando Buenrostro

LLCEC CO-DIRECTOR
WHO am i?
Armando is a community activist, artist, and mentor. He is a Peace & Social Justice major at Berea College. His passion is working with misguided gang members and Latino youth in his community. He attributes most of his success to the LLCEC, which he has been a part of since 2008.
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Bobby Verdugo

Special Guest
WHo am i?
Bobby Verdugo was a leader of the historic 1968 high school walkouts of East Los Angeles. He, and his wife Yoli Rios, are featured in the critically acclaimed documentary CHICANO- The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, which aired on PBS, and he was portrayed in the HBO movie Walkout, a docudrama about the 1968 walkouts. On May 20, 2011 Mr. Verdugo delivered the keynote speech for the 16th Annual Latino Recognition Ceremony (Raza Graduation) at the University of Notre Dame.  Since 2006 Bobby has been invited to speak to high school and college students at the Chicano Youth Leadership (CLYC), the Inland Empire Future Leaders (IEFL), Puente Project conferences throughout the state of California, the Latino Leadership & College Experience Camp (LLCEC) in Kentucky, and all four Institutes of the Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Conference every year since 2008.
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Please contact the leadership team if you have any questions at thellcec@gmail.com!
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