Student Leadership Model for Hispanic Serving and Emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions

<p class=ql-align-justify>Although empirical evidence indicates that HSIs (Hispanic Serving Institutions) are making some progress in recognizing that enhancing the racial and cultural experiences of Latino/a/x students Latinx-enhancing is part of their role as institutions that enroll and serve large numbers of minoritize students (Garcia 2019) there are still institutional gaps on prioritizing opportunities for Latino/a/x students to engage in leadership development.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Latino/a/x students often rely on informal out-of-college support systems found in their community--comunidad such as family and peers to thrive within college (Ceballo 2004; Easley et al 2012) it is important to assist them in their development and implementation of strengths-based problem-solving communication approach (Guerra 2015 2016). </p><p> </p>