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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