Hi! My name is Isabella Villacampa - a lot of people call me Isa. I grew up in Vacaville, California and am now based in NYC/Jersey City. This is just a space for me to reflect on and share some things I’m passionate about including: connecting the dots across systems, creating space for conversations about identity, and facilitating moments to foster meaningful connection.
Isabella Villacampa has been a Higher Education Student Affairs Administrator for 10+ years and is the Director of Executive Operations at the Office of the President at New York University (NYU). Isabella earned her Ed.D. doctorate degree in Higher Education Administration from NYU with dissertation research on Student Involvement & Leadership: A Study of Asian American Alumni. In 2022, she was recognized with the NYU Distinguished Administrator Award.
Isabella received her Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and her Masters Degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Indiana University. Isabella was appointed as a National Trustee on the Board of Trustees for the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) and has been an invited guest to the White House Filipino American History Month Celebration. In 2018, she established the annual Villacampa Family Scholarship for First Generation College Students at her alma mater Will C. Wood High School.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Villacampa, I. (2022). Filipinos in New York City. In Nadal, Kevin L., ed. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Villacampa, I., Nadal, K. (2022). Victoria Manalo Draves. In Nadal, Kevin L., ed. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Patton, L. D., Harris, J. C., Ranero, J. J., Villacampa, I., & Lui, J. (2014). Undergraduate women of color in higher education: Engaging issues beyond the numerical hype. In Harper, S. R., & S. J. Quaye (Eds.).Student engagement in higher education: Theoretical perspectives and practical approaches for diverse populations (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
Bentram, K., McNulty, K., Rousseau, C., VanBibber, J., &Villacampa, I., (2014). Tweetful meaning: student perceptions of institutional tweets. In Journal of the indiana university student personnel association.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Student Affairs Conference at NYU | Develop an Assessment Plan: Data-Informed Decision Making (2023)
NYU AMC Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (AIDE) Committee | Anti-Asian Racism & Xenophobia (2021)
American Legion Auxiliary Girls State Delegates | Keynote Speaker (2021)
PayPal Pan-Asian Employee Resource Group, Invited Moderator | Preserving Filipino American History (2020)
NASPA Annual Conference | Discussing Generational Differences in Student Affairs (2019)
Marymount Manhattan College, Invited Speaker | APIDA Identity & Success in the Workplace (2019)
NASPA Region II & III Joint Conference | Building a Student-Veteran Life from Scratch (2019)
Guttman Community College, Invited Training Facilitator | Diversity, Identities, & Social Justice (2018)
Rutgers University Excellence in Student Affairs | Discussing Generational Differences in Student Affairs (2018)
NYU Design Share | How we build buzz & drive engagement for over 500 events during Welcome Week (2017)
NASPA Annual Conference | From Hashtags to Snapchat: Social Media Is No Longer Just An Option (2017)
UniPro Pilipino American Unity for Progress, Inc., Invited Panelist | Know Your Rights Forum (2017)
Will C. Wood High School Leadership Class, Invited Speaker | What I Learned About Leadership since High School (2017)
NASPA Region II | Anti-Black Racism in Asian Pacific Islander Desi Students (2016)
GLACUHO Annual Conference | Creating a Dynamic Student Staff Training (2013)
