Matthew Morgan-Pegues

Matthew Morgan-Pegues joins Umoja as Regional Coordinator for Region 5, following seven years of student affairs work in the California community college system. He comes to UCEF from Sierra College, where he served as the inaugural CommUnity Support Specialist — building the program from the ground up, providing case management to a student body of more than 4,500, and increasing participation in CommUnity programming by 75 percent. At Sierra he managed an $80,000 annual budget, supervised staff, and partnered with faculty and community organizations to deliver retention programming for disproportionately impacted students. Previously he coordinated the Cross Cultural Center at Pasadena City College, where he advised the Student Equity Committee and led campus-wide equity programming and training. Matthew holds a Master of Science in Higher Education Administration with a concentration in HBCU Leadership from Wiley University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Shaw University. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.