La Casa Latina: The Center for Hispanic Excellence
La Casa Latina is a crossroads of academic, personal, and professional growth for Penn students interested in Latinx and Latin American cultures. La Casa works closely with the Penn community to create a supportive environment where students are welcomed and engaged in programs, events, and dialogues that promote greater awareness of Latinx/Hispanic culture, identity, and issues affecting them locally, nationally, and internationally. These include conferences, trainings, and workshops, with topics ranging from restorative justice to healthy relationships. Students are welcome to gather, study and socialize in La Casa Latina’s community space. Major sponsored projects, co-produced with student groups, include the March of Flags and La Vida Magazine–a student run magazine.
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💕 Building Community at La Casa Latina Looks Like…
Getting your questions answered
The Center regularly hosts 15-to-20-minute conversations—known as “lightning talks”—led by their student workers that tackle frequently asked questions. Topics covered range from navigating social and academic life at Penn to exploring career paths and connecting with graduate students and faculty across campus.
Celebrating Hispanic Excellence
La Casa Latina hosts yearly Latinx/e Heritage Month celebrations. For example, during The Procession of Flags students, staff, and community members carry flags from Latin America and the Caribbean countries representing their heritage and the diversity of the Latinx community at Penn through heart of campus. In addition, at the 2023 Dolores Huerta Lecture, Melissa Gallardo, founder and CEO of Bonita Fierce Candles, shared her experiences being Latin@ and American and described the life-long struggle to navigate language, culture, and heritage as a brown, non-Spanish-speaking Latina).
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