HOPE Regional Institute and Leadership Hubs

We are excited to welcome our inaugural Los Angeles and San Deigo cohorts. These 51 Latina leaders from diverse backgrounds represent all regions of Los Angeles and San Diego County.

Upon graduation from the Regional Institutes, HOPE will facilitate Leadership Hubs in each of the regions that will serve as a convening space for the Regional Institute graduates and local HOPE Leadership Institute alumna to come together on a regular basis to coordinate advocacy efforts in education, healthcare, and economic development, while strengthening the local HOPE network to increase the number of Latinas represented in government, nonprofit leadership, and business.

HOPE Regional Institute Participants must:

• Reside in the HOPE Regional Institute target area.
  • Resident of San Diego County (within the county’s 18 cities and/or unincorporated areas within SD County)
  • Resident of Los Angeles County (within the county’s 88 cities and/or unincorporated areas within LA County)

• Be a civically engaged resident with at least 3 years of local activism — for example, community education, public speaking at government meetings/townhalls, voter engagement.
• Have a demonstrated record of readiness for an increasing leadership role in your community.
• Be over the age of 20.
• Identify as Latina.

The HOPE Regional Institute does not require a college degree or previous engagement with HOPE to participate.

HOPE considers all applicants without regard to gender identity or expression. The program is designed to train female-identifying Latinas with leadership and advocacy skills, and a key part of the program involves policy analysis through the lens of gender and identity.