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Director of CLL

Marcela Chavan-Matviuk, Ph.D.Marcela Chavan-Matviuk, Ph.D. | marcmat@regent.edu | 757.352.4760

Dr. Chaván-Matviuk serves as the director for the Center for Latino Leadership within the Office of Academic Affairs at Regent University. She has extensive experience in a variety of fields and settings including higher education, ethics, entrepreneurship, mass media, and community and faith-based organizations. She possesses a rich international experience leading nontraditional educational projects and is passionate about cultures and the success of Latino students.

Chaván-Matviuk has a Ph.D. in Intercultural and International Communication, and a master’s degree in both counseling and social communication.

Her topics of research include the testimonial communication, the impact of leadership training centered on values and the experience of Latino students in Christian higher education. Chaván-Matviuk is actively involved in the community as chair of the education committee of the Hampton Roads Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, founder and outreach director of Hispanic Leadership Forum and Chair of the LALP scholarship program. She emigrated to the USA in 1997 with her husband Dr. Sergio Matviuk and lives Virginia Beach, Va.

 

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QUICK FACTS

Nearly 98 percent of all Latino high school students say they want to go to college, and nearly 95 percent believe they will graduate from college.

Only 13 percent of Latinos age 25 and older had received a bachelor's degree or higher in 2009, compared to 30.5 percent of non-Latino white students.

Thirty percent of Latino men 18 and over in the United States have achieved at least some college. Of all males 18 and over, 52 percent have achieved at least some college.

The median income of Hispanic households in 2009 was $38,039 compared to $49,777 among all U.S. households.

The 25.3 percent poverty rate among Hispanics in 2008 rose from 21.5 percent in 2007. The official poverty rate in the U.S. for 2009 was 14.3 percent.

U.S. Census Bureau, 2009