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Mission & Vision

About Us

The mission of the Luis Valdez Leadership Academy (LVLA) is to provide a rigorous academic program designed to instill a lifelong passion for learning and to equip students with the skills for social and academic success at community colleges and four-year universities. Through an emphasis on visual and performing arts, digital media and culturally sustaining pedagogy, LVLA will graduate empowered young adults who are poised, confident, and articulate leaders. 

Through a focus on the Spanish language, for both native speakers and Spanish language learners, LVLA students will use their education, bi-literacy, and life experiences to create positive changes in their own lives, in their own families, and within their communities. Through leadership, responsibility, and resilience, LVLA graduates will make a positive impact on the East San Jose community and beyond

Why LVLA?

Luis Valdez Leadership Academy is a cost free public charter high school serving grades 9-12 in East San Jose. 

From Our Community

For the Community: LVLA Alumni

“I really enjoyed going to Luis Valdez because it provided a lot of support. Also, advisory was just the place where you could just be yourself. You felt like it was a second family. And most of all, [I had help with] scholarships, how to pay for college - I think that’s one of the biggest fears in a lot of families. I could not have gone to college if I didn’t have the support and classes that I took advantage of in high school. I think that if you have the energy and you’re willing to put in the work, anything is possible.”

-Victor Suarez, LVLA Class of 2018

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