Dusti Gurule 2009 Colorado Faculty Member

Dusti Gurule is the Executive Director of the Latina Initiative.  Dusti, a Denver native, spent the majority of her childhood as a student at Escuela Tlatelolco, the school founded by the Crusade for Justice, the Denver Chicano social justice organization of the 1960-70s.  She went on to receive her Bachelor Degree in Chicano Studies at Metropolitan State College of Denver and received a Master of Nonprofit Management from Regis University as a Colorado Trust Fellow.  

Dusti is dedicated to serving the Latino community on issues that affect social change and civic involvement.  She is an active participant in organizing and policy reform on a variety of issues, including Latina civic engagement and economic justice/civil rights.  She is an appointee of the Denver Latino Commission and serves on the board of Colorado Conservation Voters Education Fund, the Organizational Representative Council and Executive Committee for the Colorado C3 Roundtable and is a Faculty Coach for the Colorado Center for Progressive Leadership program. 

Dusti is alum of the Circle of Latina Leadership and served as a mentor in the program.  In 2007, Dusti was named one of ’50 for the Future’ by The Colorado Statesman, received a Civil Rights Award from NEWSED CDC in May of 2006 and was named one of Colorado's most politically influential Latinos by 5280 Magazine in August 2008.