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Equity in education ensures that every student has access to quality learning resources regardless of race, gender, and social status. Our featured Haas alum for the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month is Guadalupe Nickell. She understands that students need specialized support to succeed in school and life. Guadalupe’s experiences as a student with a biracial heritage motivated her to address challenges in the public education system. She is a graduate of Berkeley Columbia EMBA at Haas School of Business. After establishing a career in the nonprofit sector, she went back to UC Berkeley as Assistant Dean for Development and External Relations at the Graduate School of Education.Listen to this conversation on aligning professional experience in philanthropic work and leadership to address the barriers to equitable education.Episode quotes:What drives you to support fair access to quality education for students?[00:01:59] "Growing up in Oakland, my parents always really drove home the importance of educa