Welcome to EmpowerUS Summit 2024
Embracing Our Power
The EmpowerUS Summit will take place on Friday, March 1st from 10:00am – 3:00pm at The Cove @ UCI Beall Applied Innovation. EmpowerUS Summit is a campus wide event for students, faculty, and staff. Session topics will focus on wellness, intersecting identities, and personal and professional development.
ConnectUS Mentoring Program
ConnectUS is a mentorship program of the EmpowerUS Summit, that provides students with the opportunity to network with womxn graduate students, faculty, and staff. All participants broaden and develop strong networks that EmpowerUS!
We envision the ConnectUS Session during our Summit to connect undergraduates and graduate students with professionals in their desired fields and leave them feeling empowered and inspired to create positive societal change.
Registration Information
The Womxn’s Center for Success is excited to announce that FREE registration for the annual EmpowerUS Summit is soon opening for all UC Irvine students, faculty, and staff.
Parking is on site and free.
Speakers & Workshop Facilitators
Keynote Speaker: Dra. Yvette Martinez-Vu
Dra. Yvette Martínez-Vu is a first-generation chronically ill and neurodivergent Chicana grad school and productivity coach, author, and speaker. She is the producer and host of the top-rated Grad School Femtoring Podcast and founder of Grad School Femtoring, LLC where she empowers first-generation BIPOCs as they navigate higher education. Dra. Yvette is the co-author of the book, Is Grad School For Me?: Navigating the Application Process for First-Gen BIPOC Students with the University of California Press and co-editor of the bestselling Chicana M(other)work Anthology with the University of Arizona Press.
2023 – 2024 Committee Members
- Rasta Bagheri, CARE Advocate – UCI CARE
- Tonie Zhu, Associate Director, Employer Relations- Career Center, Paul Merage School of Business
- Niobe Duke, Program Coordinator – Center for Black Culture, Resources, and Research
- Chasia Jeffries – Graduate Ph.D Student
- Sandy Wang, Assistant Director – International Center
- Christina K. Treble, Honors Advisor – Campuswide Honors Collegium
- Ta’hlia Davis, Empowerment Intern – Womxn’s Center for Success
- Mona Gutierrez – Academic Integrity & Student Conduct Specialist
- Diana Greer – Program Coordinator, Underground Scholars
- Erika Cortez, Assistant Director – Womxn’s Center for Success