LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Minerva ("Minnie”) Esquivel Gopar

Email: mgopar@lgbtq.ucla.edu
Pronouns: they/she/elle/ella

Minnie (they/she/elle/ella) is a UCLA alum who earned a B.A. in American Literature and Culture and Gender Studies, with a minor in LGBTQ Studies. They also hold a Certificate in Paralegal Studies from UCLA Extension and are currently pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science at San José State University's School of Information.

As a first-generation child of immigrants and a neurodiverse, queer, lesbian, nonbinary Latine/Xicanx feminist, Minnie centers cultural humility, social justice, and servant leadership in both their personal and professional lives. Their career has spanned legal services, higher education, and nonprofit administration, including roles as an immigration paralegal, Executive Administrator at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, and Office Coordinator for UCLA Academic Advancement Program (AAP) Counseling.

Outside of work, Minnie enjoys binging period pieces, true crime dramas, anime, and paleoanthropology documentaries, as well as reading, gaming, cooking, embroidering, and spending time with their wife, chosen family, and five cats. A lifelong PBS Kid, foodie, music enthusiast, and coffee lover, they strive to move through the world with curiosity, compassion, humility, and care.