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Itzel Gallardo graduated from Sac State in Spring 2025
with a BA in Anthropology (Culture, Language, and Society
concentration) and a minor in Chicanx/Latinx studies. She won
the Bea Medicine student travel award enabling her to attend
the Society for Applied Anthropology conference last spring,
where she presented her research, titled Weaving Indigenous
Practices into Critical Pedagogy: Perspectives from Community
and University Educators.
Photos courtesy of ANTH
Nyasa Mitchell Ramirez graduated from Sac State in Spring
2025 with a BA in Anthropology (Archaeology and Biological
Anthropology concentration). As mentioned above, she
received1st place for her research at the 2025 Student Research
and Creative Activity Spring Symposium. She went on to
compete at the CSU-wide research symposium at Humboldt.
L to R: Provost Erika Cameron and Nyasa
Mitchell Ramirez
First-Generation Awards
The Campus Educational Equity Committee (CEEC), Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), Faculty Student Mentor Program
(FSMP), and First-Generation Institute (FGI) hosted an awards luncheon to honor 33 first-generation students and 15 faculty
and staff who serve as exemplary advocates for first-generation student success at Sacramento State. The First-Gen Excellence
Awards were presented in late Fall 2024, coinciding with the annual National First-Generation College Celebration to honor
the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Sacramento State is designated by NASPA and the Suder
Foundation as a First-Gen Forward Institution. The First-Gen Forward designation recognizes Institutions of higher education that
have demonstrated a commitment to improving experiences and advancing outcomes of first-generation college students.
First-Generation Student Achievement
Award
Award for Outstanding First-Generation
Student Advocacy
The First-Generation Student Achievement Award
honors first-generation undergraduate students
and graduate or professional students who have
pursued and met ambitious educational goals and
demonstrated commitment to academic excellence.
The Award for Outstanding First-Generation Student Advocacy
honors faculty and staff members who support first-generation
students’ education and serve as exemplary advocates for firstgeneration students at Sacramento State. It is not required that
nominees have identified as first-generation students themselves.
Ashley Aguirre Noriega, Women’s and Gender Studies
Jenavi De Anda, Psychology
Ana Andrade, Sociology
Mikayla Clemens, Psychology
Gabriel Conejo-Gallegos, Ethnic Studies
Kalamaulihiwa Fatanum, Nutrition and Food
Olivia Fernandes, Sociology
Ja’Mya Jackson, Sociology
Xavier Pickens, Economics
Susan Monglo Saephan, Psychology
Liliana Zaragoza-Ramirez, Nutrition and Food
Frances Losana Palu (Alum SOC/POLS), Director of Operations,
CSU Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Student
Achievement Program (ASAP)
Dr. Sahar Razavi, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Dr. Rose Soza War Soldier, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies
Department
2025
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