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Alexia Salvatierra

Academic Dean, Centro Latino & Associate Professor of Mission and Global Transformation, Fuller Theological Seminary

Academic Dean of Centro Latino and Associate Professor of Mission and Global Transformation at Fuller Theological Seminary. Ordained Pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America since 1988. Dissertation: Equipping Hispanic Immigrant Pastors for Holistic Mission (2018) Co-author of Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World (IVP, 2014), Buried Seeds: Learning from the Vibrant Resiliency of Marginalized Christian Communities (Baker Academic 2022), God's Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants (New York University Press, 2023). Co-founder of multiple national initiatives engaging faith communities in social justice issues, including the New Sanctuary Movement and the Evangelical Immigration Table.

Experience

  • –present
    Academic Dean, Centro Latino & Associate Professor of Mission and Global Transformation, Fuller Theological Seminary

Education

  • 2019 
    Fuller Theological Seminary, Doctor of Missiology