Dean, Equity and Student Success

Ken Songco is Dean of Student Equity & Success at Mission College in Santa Clara, CA, part of the West Valley-Mission Community College District. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz and his Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) from San Francisco State University. In his current role, Ken provides leadership and direction for the Office of Student Equity and Success which oversees campuswide diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism efforts, including the college’s Student Equity Plan.

He also works in collaboration with Student Services Division leadership to help oversee the college's matriculation services such as orientation, educational plans, self-placement, and follow up services. Ken formerly served as coordinator of the Mission College Umoja Community and currently serves as the Project Director Title III AANAPISI Part A and AANHPI SAP Program.

Prior to his current roles, he served as the Director of Student Equity & Success and Director of Federal Student Services Grants where he administered Mission College’s previous AANAPISI Part A and F grants whose mission was to improve the transition, progression, transfer and graduation rates of historically underrepresented and underprepared AAPI students.

With over 19 years of management experience in the non-profit and higher education sectors, Ken seeks to continue his life’s work of transforming institutions through centering the needs of BIPOC communities while decentering whiteness with an equity, anti-racism, social justice lens.  

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Education

• MPA in Public Administration, San Francisco State University
• BA in Psychology with an emphasis in Social Psychology. UC Santa Cruz

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Fast Facts

Ken is a Bay Area native, born in San Francisco and raised in South San Francisco. His interests include international travel, going to live concerts, and spending time with family and friends. 

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Favorite Quote

"Those who do not know from where they came shall never arrive at their destination."
~ José Rizal