Maribel Jimenez

AVP of Conference

Council Term: 2023-2026

Dra. Maribel Jiménez (she/her/ella) is the inaugural Vice President of Equity, Diversity, and Transformation at Highline College, located south of Seattle in Washington State.

Previously, Dra. Jiménez has served as the Dean of Academic Transfer Pathways and Partnerships, a tenured faculty counselor, department chair, and Title V grant director. She has been appointed to multiple state-wide and national committees and councils for her work as a scholar practitioner at Hispanic-serving Institutions. Dra. Jimenez focused her research on strategic planning for HSIs, how whiteness shows up at HSIs, and speaks on disrupting the false dichotomy that comes up when focusing institutional efforts on Latinx students. She was a guest on Dr. Gina Garcia’s Que Pasa HSIs Podcast (Season 1, Episode 10, Season 2, Episode 4) and serves as the curriculum director for ESCALA Educational Services.

In addition, Dra. Jimenez is the program director of the ESCALA Moving Toward Serving Program and co-creator of the ESCALA HSI Practitioner Conocimientos. Dra. Jimenez was appointed to the AHSIE Council Jan 2023 by the current council and is seeking election from the membership to continue this service.

During her time on AHSIE Council, she has worked as the Associate Vice President of Conference in partnership with Dra. Elizabeth Gonzalez, AHSIE Vice President of Conference, and other AHSIE Council members to plan the annual AHSIE best practices conference. Dra. Jimenez is the nieta/granddaughter of Francisca and Raul Alaniz de Zacatecas, Mexico and Los Angeles, CA and Benustiano and Encarnacion (Chona) Torres de Guerrero, Mexico; hija/daughter of Pedro and Rosa Torres; and mother/mom/bruh to Juanito and Esmeralda.