The team is responsible for organizing our admission process, reviewing applications, interviewing candidates, and selecting students to be part of our Entry Programs. You will be able to improve your ability to inquire and create comfortable interviewing environments and your active listening and decision-making skills.

The Alumni Coordinator position is available on the different staff teams, such as Admissions, Operations, Data & Tech, and others! It is an ideal part-time job to have your first contact with the professional environment and work towards LALA’s and your shared goals. You will be able to develop hard and soft skills, including adaptability, problem-solving, project management, etc.

The Audiovisual team creates content for the Communications Team. You will be able to develop editing, recording, storytelling, and communications skills in translating LALA’s mission in creative and innovative ways. 

The Camp Staff: Coach program is an opportunity for students to return to support camps as a staff members to ensure the best experience possible for camp participants. The tasks that coaches will be in charge of include taking care of 5-8 participants (“family group”) and being fully present at the camp to give feedback to facilitators/camp managers and running side events.

This is a program where students support the facilitation (end-to-end execution) of LALA's Virtual Leadership Bootcamps. The role responsibilities include facilitating, planning, instructional designing, managing, and much more. This program serves as a bridge to accomplish LALA's vision of having all Camps led by students someday.

This is a program where students support the facilitation (end-to-end execution) of LALA's Virtual Leadership Bootcamps. The role responsibilities include facilitating, planning, instructional designing, managing, and much more. LALA staff members supervise the Trainee Managers, and themselves manage both coaches and participants during camps and work alongside facilitators.

The Care Guide is a pilot of a long-term longitudinal study design to test LALA's theory of change. Think of it as the LALA way of checking in (through in-depth Zoom interviews) and capturing qualitative data to understand an alum's life path and long-term impact. You will have an opportunity to develop skills in qualitative research  (interviews) and data analysis and also form bonds with other LALumni & LALA staff.

The LALA Career Internship is a program where students are able to receive an online 2-month Career Development Training and a part-time 6 to 12-week paid professional internship with a LALA partner organization. You will have a chance to enter the job market and improve skills such as professional attitude, effective communication, organization, and commitment.

This program aims at nurturing the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness for oneself and others, while bringing together insights and techniques from psychology, neuroscience, and contemplative practice. It integrates evidence-based meditation techniques, group discussions, informal lecturing, and real-world exercises to train our compassionate hearts. 

The DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access) Committee is a group designed to engage students in discussing DEIA topics, and brainstorm and implement DEIA initiatives at LALA. Being part of this team, you will have access to a space where you can discuss sensitive topics while feeling a higher sense of belonging and representation within the LALA community. You will also have the chance to strengthen your empathy, public speaking, research, and project management skills.

The Family Engagement Program focuses on engaging and supporting families of LALA students and LALums, helping families understand LALA and its benefits for students, providing space for questions, and connecting families. You will get the opportunity to strengthen content development, communication, and teamwork skills.

The LALA Fundraising Team is run by our Admissions Team and focuses on supporting newly accepted students in raising money to pay for their camp experience. You will develop your support and caring ability towards new community members.

The Lalumni Data Team (LDT) is a learning community where STEM and Data enthusiasts build tangible skills. You will be able to strengthen hard and soft skills such as qualitative and quantitative analysis, surveys design, and knowledge of systems-mapping tools for learning network analysis.

The LALA Podcasts Pilot Program is an opportunity for LALumni passionate about storytelling to learn the art of communication and inform & influence the world that we live in. Also, you will co-create a platform to share LALumni voices, which will perhaps inform and influence a generation of young Latin American minds., building facilitation, storytelling, and mass communications skills.

The meditation initiative offers 1-hour long weekly meditation sessions to the LALA community as a space for well-being, self-knowledge, personal development, and reflection.

The Mentorship Initiatives Team manages all the logistics for the Mentorship Program: promoting applications, reviewing and matching, organizing resources, tracking and evaluating each match, and hosting training/networking events for both mentors and mentees.

This team consists of mentorship cohorts where we match a LALumni to mentors each cycle and semesterly Open mentorship weeks. We seek to generate value for both parties, accelerating our alums' development and enhancing the impact and sustainability of their projects, and allowing our mentors to improve their supportive guidance skills.

In this pre-camp program, LALumni support young leaders from underrepresented backgrounds in their application process to your entry initiatives. You will be able to improve your social-emotional and networking skills and also be an important factor in LALA’s diversity goals.

This team is responsible for managing and sharing the LALA’s opportunities bank - through our Opportunities Blast messages and emails - preparing to send customized opportunities by demographic segment and start peer-application circles. You will be able to improve your translation and communication abilities.

The Storytelling Team works towards collecting, writing, and sharing the incredible stories we have in our community, including LALumni, guardians, volunteers, partners, donors, and staff. These stories are spread throughout LALA’s communication channels, such as our Website, Social Media, and Newsletters, celebrating individuals that impact our community. You will be able to strengthen your networking, writing, editing, interviewing, and project management skills.