Diversity & Unity Board
The WSUSA Diversity and Unity team at Weber State University is responsible for planning and promoting educational programming that strives to advocate understanding, acceptance, and inclusion between individuals and groups from all walks of life. The WSUSA Diversity and Unity team works to foster collaboration in activities and programs by holding events and workshops throughout the year, which promote social and cultural awareness while creating safe spaces to talk about differences in beliefs and values. The chairs overseeing the planning of programs are Taboo Talks, Stop the Hate, Cultural Connections, Sessions on the Ledge, Community Awareness, and LGBTQ+ Awareness. The team is led by the Vice President for Diversity and Unity and the Assistant Director for Diversity and Unity. The WSUSA Diversity and Unity team assists with developing programs coming out of Diversity and Inclusive Programs. The team is advised by the Diversity and Inclusive Programs Coordinator.
Diversity & Unity Vice President
Diversity & Inclusive Programs gain student representation through WSUSA’s Executive Body. Each year the student body elects a Vice President of Diversity who then selects members of the Diversity Board through a competitive application process.
Xitlalli Villanueva
Xitlalli Galilea Villanueva is a senior double majoring in Microbiology, w/ an emphasis in Medical Microbiology, and Sociology | minoring in Chemistry, AAS in Chemical Technician. Xit was raised in Idaho and has a love-hate relationship with country music. She is the proud daughter of Mexican Immigrants, and only eats Mexican food to show so. Xit is a science girly and has received grants to do research in the Great Salt Lake and Abandoned Mines in Northern Utah. She has a passion for Diversity and Unity in Higher Education, and was recently appointed to serve on the Utah Board of Higher Education as the student Board member. She is a strong believer that Diversity is everyone’s problem, and not just a “Diversity” problem, and no matter the pathway, everyone has a place in diversity.
Assistant to the Vice President of Diversity
Assistant to the Vice President will support the Diversity & Inclusive Programs in an effort to gain student representation through WSUSA’s Executive Body.
Maren Dawson
Maren is a pre-med student majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Zoology. She hopes to become an orthopedic surgeon. In her free time, she likes to play piano, play board and card games, watch movies, play sports (particularly tennis, pickleball and racquetball) and go hiking and traveling!
Community & Cultural Awareness Co-Chair
The Community & Cultural Awareness Chair collaborates with the community to create events that promote Diversity and provide access to community organizations such as Holding out Help, NAACP, YCC, and others to provide educational opportunities and resource activities to students on a monthly basis.
Casey Martinez
Casey Martinez is a senior majoring in Professional Sales with a goal to enroll in, and complete the MBA program after graduating. He is married and has 3 kids (1 boy and 2 girls). In his free time he loves spending time with his family, and being outdoors. He currently works as a mortgage professional and in Insurance. With his degree he would like to get into management and help people make and achieve their professional goals. When he is not working, doing homework, or cleaning up after toddlers, he enjoys sports both playing and watching.
Community & Cultural Awareness Co-Chair
The Community & Cultural Awareness Chair collaborates with the community to create events that promote Diversity and provide access to community organizations such as Holding out Help, NAACP, YCC, and others to provide educational opportunities and resource activities to students on a monthly basis.
Kingdom Wanjoku
Kingdom Wanjoku is a senior majoring with a medical emphasis in Microbiology and a minor in Chemistry. He is from Nigeria and is the first-born child to 2 proud Nigerian immigrants. He works very hard in all that he does, both for his family and for himself. He one day hopes to make it into Weber’s PA program to achieve his goal of working in the medical field. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer or getting a workout at the gym with his friends. He values his health so he enjoys anything that keeps him fit and active. Kingdom aims to connect with more people of color and introduce them to a more diversified Weber State University.
Stop the Hate Chair
The Stop the Hate Chair develops an annual campaign that promotes peace on campus and in the community through speakers, workshops, and activities. At the heart of these activities is the question, "Is what we are doing helping each other or hurting each other?"
Enallia Brooks
Enallia Brooks is a Building Design and construction major. Enallia hopes to use her knowledge in Building Design and Construction to help redesign governmental housing. Enallia enjoys being at home with her dog, Ebie. She also enjoys hanging out with her friends and creating memories.
Sessions on the Ledge Chair
The Sessions on the Ledge Chair coordinates weekly one-hour performance sessions in the Union atrium that showcases music, dance, the spoken word and other routines that space racial ethnicity, culture, class, gender, and more. Previous events have included Scottish Bag Pipers, Taiko Drummers, Irish Folk Dancers and poetry slams.
Joseph Waite
Unity Chair
Daniela Salcido Benavides
Daniela is an international student from Monterrey, Mexico. She arrived in the United States in 2018 and is graduating in the Spring semester of 2023. She is majoring in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations & Advertising with a minor in International Studies. Daniela has a passion to help others and inspire them to not give up on their dreams. Daniela has been able to achieve several awards from Weber State University, as well as being one of the first Mexican students to represent Weber in the Model United Nations Conference. Daniela is always actively looking forward to helping those LatinX students that come to the United States for the first time, and are unaware of how Higher Education works.
Unity Chair
Bailey Johnston
Bailey Johnston is double majoring in Business Administration and Family Studies. She loves to practice yoga and enjoys hiking. She aspires to go to culinary school and open a vegan restaurant one day. Along with her cooking dreams, she has plans to become a Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in sex and trauma. Overall, Bailey is passionate about many things and loves to learn and dive into anything new!
Unity Chair
Yuritzi Rosas Hernandez
Yuritzi is a first generation immigrant and first generation college student. She is bilingual, fluent in espanol and english. Pursuing a dual degree in business Marketing and Economics with a Minor in Women Gender Studies at Weber State University. She is currently working on undergraduate research with her mentor Dr. Garivatto Martinez on the barriers Latina women face in their path to higher education. Her passion for Women Gender Studies has led her to be the Student Chair for the “Women and Gender Studies Conference” which is being held at WSU in spring 2023. She is the CO-President of the Latinx Graduation Committee and is a part of the NAACP. Yuritzi loves spending time with family and friends and of course her two tiny dogs. She is passionate about helping others and working towards change.
801-626-6957 | diversity@weber.edu | 
