Laurencia Walker has experience in education including the K-12 sector, the California State University system, the University of California system, and the California Community College system where she currently serves as the Director of College Readiness at Hartnell College—supporting and supervising early college credit options and high school partnerships. In addition to working in student affairs at Hartnell and CSUMB, Laurencia worked for five years as a research associate at the University of California, Riverside where she conducted research on pathways to college for historically underserved students and co-authored publications on faculty of color experiences in community colleges and institutional culture. She holds degrees in political science-public law; equity and social justice; and is currently a PhD candidate in Higher Education Administration & Policy.