Mexican American Student Services Department

 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT 

• Improve academic achievement and educational outcomes for Mexican American/Latinx students.  

 
CULTURE & CLIMATE 

• Expand a systemic approach to incorporate asset-based and culturally responsive strategies supporting behavioral and social well-being.

 COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS 

• Expand collaboration to increase graduation of Mexican American/Latinx students who are prepared for college and the workforce

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 

• Advance Mexican American/Latinx parents’ input and active participation in District decision-making. 
• Expand community and District partnerships to ensure Mexican American/Latinx student success.   

 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING 

• Enhance professional growth in culturally responsive support to better serve Mexican American/Latinx students and families.  EQUITABLE ADVOCACY 
• Increase Mexican American/Latinx student and parent advocacy system-wide.  

EQUITABLE ADVOCACY 

•  Increase Mexican American/Latinx student and parent advocacy system-wide.  

MASSD Community Advisory Council

Our advisory council helps to establish the direction of Mexican American Student Services.
The advisory council members are educators, parents, and community members.

Members:

• Raul Aguirre, REA Media Group
• Isabel Garcia, Coalición de Derechos Humanos
• Cam Juaréz, US National Park Service
• Selena Llamas, Expect More Arizona
• Dr. Anna O'Leary, University of Arizona Mexican American & Raza Studies Department
• Reyna Ravago, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Get Involved

Learn about your students' rights to receive quality education and make your voice count in Tucson Unified School District decision making.

For more information please contact:
Jennifer Contreras
Mexican American Student Services Specialist,
Email: jennifer.contreras 
(520)232-8566

Land Acknowledgement Statement  

On behalf of the Governing Board of the Tucson Unified School District, I, María Federico Brummer, acknowledge that the schools, buildings, and facilities of the Tucson Unified School District reside on the ancestral homeland of the Tohono O’odham Nation and the federally recognized tribal land of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. 

Declaración de reconocimiento de tierras 

En nombre de la Junta de Gobierno del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tucson, yo, María Federico Brummer, reconozco que las escuelas, edificios e instalaciones del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tucson residen en la patria ancestral de la Nación Tohono O'odham y la tierra tribal reconocida federalmente de la Tribu Pascua Yaqui.