Esmeralda Sweeney is the associate vice chancellor of student advocacy, retention and completion for the Alamo Colleges District. In this role, she is focused on enhancing student success through effective program development and advocacy.
Prior to this role, Esmeralda was the associate vice president of student achievement initiatives at Broward College. In that role, she led, coordinated, and supported various multi-campus initiatives, including guided pathways, advising, basic needs, advocacy, underserved populations, and academic learning communities, among many others. She worked closely with the foundation and community to scale and sustain these initiatives, which were shown to increase completion and retention.
In addition, Esmeralda has also served as the associate dean of the Academic Success Center at Broward College’s North Campus. In this role, she created and oversaw the creative media support office and was responsible for leading academic support initiatives.
Esmeralda has close to 30 years of higher education experience. She uses a data-informed and collaborative approach to increasing efficiency of programs across multiple campuses while reducing duplication of efforts and putting students first.
Education:
Master’s in Human Relations and Business| Amberton University
Doctorate in Community College Leadership (in progress) | Morgan State University
Past Experience:
Associate Vice President of Student Success | Broward College
Associate Dean of Academic Resources | Broward College
How has education changed your life/your family?
As an immigrant, first-generation student, education changed my life in ways I could not have imagined. Education gave me my first taste of what it means to serve others, so much so that I started volunteering and working at Broward College as an 18-year-old student, and I never left. During my time at Broward College, I witnessed first-hand the impact education has on students. This is why I made education my career, and the reason I take student success as a personal mission.