Best Practices Roundtable:
3 Tips in Coaching Latinx Students/Clients
Presenters: Lynette Correa-Velez
Hosts: Ade Igbineweka
Location: Virtual (a Zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the event, after registration)
Date: Monday, October 3, 2022
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
About this event: Engaging with students and clients with Latin (x/ae) identities. An exciting opportunity to learn and share best practices
About the Presenter Lynette Correa-Velez, M.Ed.
Lynette Correa-Velez is a trained Executive Career Coach leader with over 19 years of professional experience. She is the Director of Tech Launchpad which is an equity-centered tech initiative at Kennedy-King College (KKC) located in Chicago, IL. She is the Co-Founder of Velez Diversity Consulting and Creator of #CriticalCareerCoach and #ResumeSurgeon. She co-empowers, both in-person and virtually, with an equity-centered and intersectional lens. As a life-long social and racial justice advocate, Lynette is a current 3rd-year doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in the Diversity and Equity in Education with an emphasis in Human Resource Development (HRD) program. She has her B.S. from Lesley University located in her home state of Massachusetts and her M.Ed. is from the UIUC where both degrees are in Human Resources as a first-generation high school and college graduate. Lynette also has her Certificate in “DEI in the Workplace” from the University of South Florida-Muma School of Business. She is an active member of several professional associations such as the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE). Lynette has over 15 awards and honors in recognition of her passion as a career resource broker in support of all. She is also a former Education Social Entrepreneur and has served on several non-profit and for-profit boards such as the Lesley University Alumni Council and the Board of Advisors for Campbell’s Soup Company. She lives in Chicago, IL, and loves spending time with her husband and son. For more information you may request Lynette on LinkedIn here.
