Board of Trustees Welcomes New Member and Alumna

Tashelle Wright has been named the Alumni Representative to Salt Lake Community College’s Board of Trustees. She started her higher education path at SLCC, where she earned an AS in Biology in 2014 and went on to earn a PhD in Public Health at the University of California, Merced.

She is currently the director of the Office of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Utah’s School of Medicine, and she serves on the SLCC Alumni Leadership Council.

“Tashelle brings a wonderful new perspective to the Board of Trustees as a highly engaged alumna of Salt Lake Community College,” says President Deneece G. Huftalin. “As our 2022 Distinguished Alumni awardee, she is an exceptional advocate for community colleges and SLCC, and we welcome her leadership on the board.”

At SLCC, my mentors saw something in me that I didn’t see; they really inspired me to change my trajectory.

While at SLCC, Wright was involved with a number of organizations including TRIO, MESA/STEP, the Black Student Union, the Society of   Women Engineers and Latinxs in Action.

“When I first started at SLCC, I had plenty of drive and loved learning,” recalls Wright, who is a first-generation student and a single parent. “At SLCC, my mentors saw something in me that I didn’t see; they really inspired me to change my trajectory.”