Meet the team
Kevin Guerrieri
Professor, Department of Languages, Cultures and Literatures
Faculty Liaison, Mulvaney Center
ILVI Faculty Co-DirectorKevin Guerrieri, PhD, joined the USD faculty in 2002. He teaches courses on Latin American literature and culture as well as the Spanish language. Kevin's teaching and research involve interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, and his courses integrate community engagement and collaboration with community partners. In addition to literary and cultural analysis, his interests include human rights, social justice education, and critical pedagogy, and his recent publications include the co-edited volume Human Rights in Colombian Literature and Cultural Production: Embodied Enactments (2022). He serves as a faculty liaison for the Mulvaney Center for Community, Awareness, and Social Action. He was an ILVI participant in 2014 and became Co-Director in 2016.
Blake Hofstad
Parent Organizing Director
Parent Voices CA
ILVI Community Co-Director
Blake Hofstad is the Parent Organizing Director at Parent Voices CA, a statewide child care advocacy organization. In October of 2017, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Linda Vista Town Council, where he served as Vice President. Blake graduated from the University of San Diego in 2015 with degrees in Spanish and International Relations and received a certificate in Early Childhood Transdisciplinary Education and Mental Health from San Diego State in 2017. He joined ILVI in the summer of 2018 as Community Co-Director.
Some of our Faculty Members
Some of our Community Partners
Sponsors & Collaborators
Thank you to our sponsors and collaborators!
The Changemaker Hub fosters a university-wide ecosystem that strengthens the collective capacity of our students, faculty, staff and community partners to address humanity’s most urgent challenges through meaningful, sustainable, and innovative collaborations in order to advance USD’s mission. The Ashoka U designation of USD as a Changemaker Campus recognizes the university’s commitment to finding sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
The Mulvaney Center celebrates the individuality and uniqueness of each student and recognizes the wisdom held by the local and global communities it joins. Through reciprocal community-based learning, the Mulvaney Center engages USD students, faculty, staff, and alumni to learn and act in partnership with the community, making life-long commitments to promote social change and justice.
U.S. Bank
U.S. Bank Sponsored a grant that seeks to strengthen the Linda Vista community through co-development of innovative social initiatives by USD students and Linda Vista residents, where research, learning, and service are integral components. This community-collaborative learning program directly impacts Linda Vista residents while building a committed student body prepared to make change in very personal and effective ways.
