Welcome and Saludos
Welcome and saludos
The Latinx & Hispanic Faculty & Staff (LHFS) Caucus supports community efforts celebrating our diverse cultures at UNC Charlotte and the region. Its members work to enhance the Latino/Hispanic community of faculty, staff, and students on campus.
The Caucus was first formed in Fall 2012. We hold meetings throughout the academic year and encourage any Latino/Hispanic Faculty or Staff (including Postdoctoral Fellows) and anyone interested in Latino/Hispanic issues to attend. For more information, please get in touch with our current officers, listed below.
Disclaimer: The Latinx/Hispanic Faculty and Staff Caucus is a voluntary, self-governing group of faculty and staff that does not speak on behalf of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
CURRENT OFFICERS
| President | Denis Jacob Machado | dmachado@charlotte.edu |
| Vice-president | Paloma Fernández Sánchez | pfernan2@charlotte.edu |
| Treasurer | Karla Liboreiro | kliborei@charlotte.edu |
| Communication Officer | TBD | TBD |
| Administrative Coordinator | Ysatiz M. Piñero | ypineroa@charlotte.edu |
| Social Media Coordinator | TBD | TBD |
| Scholarship Committee | Carmen Serrata | lserrata@charlotte.edu |
Below, we report the current list of officers as of August 2025.
Engagement:
- 93 people in the list serve
- 73 opened the emails
- 25 voted
- 48 abstains (either through form or by opening the email and not responding)
Election results for Fall 2025-Spring 2025:
- New President: Denis Jacob Machado, Dept. of Bioinformatics and Genomics (96%).
- New Vice-presidente: Paloma Fernández Sánchez, Teaching Professor of Spanish (100%).
- New Treasurer: Karla Liboreiro, Human Resources (64%).
- New Communication Officer: Although Denis Vargas (Assistant Director of Creative Services at Student Affairs) won the election with 100% of the votes, he won’t be able to accept this appointment. We will have a new vote for this position later in the semester.
- New Administrative Coordinator: Ysatiz M. Piñero, Director for the Office of Leadership and Community Engagement in Student Engagement, Student Affairs (84%).
- New Social Media Coordinator: Although Susana Cisneros (Senior Lecturer of
Spanish, Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation) won the election with 96% of the votes, she won’t be able to accept this appointment. We will have a new vote for this position later in the semester. - New Scholarship Committee: Carmen Serrata, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Educational Leadership (96%).
MEETINGS FOR FALL 2025
| TYPE | DATE | TIME |
| General Body Meeting | Wednesday, September 10 | 12:30–1:30 PM |
| Executive Board Meeting | Wednesday, September 24 | 12:30–1:30 PM |
| General Body Meeting | Wednesday, October 8 | 12:30–1:30 PM |
| Executive Board Meeting | Wednesday, October 22 | 12:30–1:30 PM |
| General Body Meeting | Wednesday, November 5 | 12:30–1:30 PM |
| Executive Board Meeting | Wednesday, November 19 | 12:30–1:30 PM |
| General Body Meeting | Wednesday, December 3 | 12:30–1:30 PM |
| Executive Board Meeting | Wednesday, December 10 | 12:30–1:30 PM |
PAST OFFICERS
This is the past executive board (until the Fall of 2025):
| President | Adriana Medina | amedina1@charlotte.edu |
| Co – Vice President | Daniela Recabarren | drecabar@charlotte.edu |
| Co-Vice President | Paloma Fernández Sánchez | pfernan2@charlotte.edu |
| Administrative Coordinator | Eva Gonzalez | egonza47@charlotte.edu |
| Treasurer | Jenny Bayas | jbayas@charlotte.edu |
Communications Officer | Denis Jacob Machado | dmachado@charlotte.edu |
MEET SOME OF OUR LATINX AND HISPANIC FACULTY AND STAFF AT UNC CHARLOTTE
If any Latinx/Hispanic faculty and staff member would like to be added to this directory, they can complete this form. Alternatively, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Natalie Ornat at nornat@uncc.edu.
MEETINGS FOR SPRING 2025
Our first executive board meeting of 2025 was virtual on Jan. 21, from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. Our first general body meeting of the semester will be on Jan. 30, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. Zoom links will be provided via email through our “listserve” (LATINOFS-group@charlotte.edu), and you can email us to become a member.
| Executive Board Meetings | Monthly Meetings at Large |
| January 21, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM (ET) | January 30, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET) |
| February 13, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET) | February 20, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET) |
| March 13, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET) | March 20, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET) |
| April 10, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET) | April 17, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET) |
| N/A | Moved to May 8, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET), in-person at Woodward, room 120 |
MEETINGS FOR FALL 2024
The meetings for the Fall semester of 2024 will be virtual (once a month on a Tuesday, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM). Zoom links will be provided via email through our “listserve” (LATINOFS-group@charlotte.edu), and you can email us to become a member.
| Executive Board Meetings | Monthly Meetings at Large |
| September 3rd | September 24th |
| October 22nd | October 29th |
| November 12th | November 19th |
| December 3rd | December 10th |
If you want to attend any of these meetings, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the President of the Latinx/ Hispanic Faculty and Staff Caucus, Adriana Medina, or our Communications Officer, Denis Jacob Machado.
| You may contact Denis Jacob Machado (our Communications Officer) at dmachado@charlotte.edu. |