Advisory Board members provide advice to the Council of Trustees and make available resources to further the vision and mission of Semillas.

Rodolfo Acuña, Ph.D., Department of Chicano Studies, CSUN

Daniel Bramzon, Esq., Attorney at Law

Terri Drea, Entrepreneur, Event Network Concessions, LLC

Gene Estrada, El Sereno Public Library

Paul Fleiss, M.D.,Pediatrician

Florinda Gutierrez, S.E.A. Charter Schools

Laura Kozel, Chief Loan Officer, Raza Development Fund

Reynaldo Macias, Ph.D., Acting Dean of the Division of Social Sciences, College of Letters and Sciences, UCLA

Louise Manuel, Excellent Education (ExEd)

Richard Mora, Ph.D., Occidental College

Julio Martinez,

Astrid Heger, M.D., LAC-USC V.I.P.

Ted K. Osborn, Osborn Architects

Susan Jain Pertel, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Antonio Portillo, Community Elder, Iron Circle Nation

Edward Wemytewa, Zuni Author and Playwright

Gay Yuen, Ph.D., California State University, Los Angeles

Familia Ayala, Cultural Keepers, Danza Azteca Iztaccuauhtli