Maria Gutierrez serves as the Dream Center Coordinator and Counselor at Chabot College, and is on the Intersegmental workgroup for Equitable Implementation of In-State Tuition in CA.  She was the first in her family to attend college. María holds an AA-T in Psychology from Chabot College she then transferred to San Jose State University where she earned a BA in Psychology. She attended San Francisco State University and completed an MS in Counseling with a Specialization in Higher Education. Currently, she is part of the Ed.D. Educational Leadership doctoral program at San Francisco State University. María believes in implementing equitable and transformational educational practices and pedagogies.