Columbia Basin College’s new LaCASA serves as a learning space and provides deliberate programming to highlight Hispanic/Latine, Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Black/African American and Indigenous populations.

The $1.1 million project, completed in July, involved remodeling a 5,306-square-foot space in CBC’s T Building.

The space includes a kitchen, meeting rooms, meditation room, space for social interaction and studying.

LaCASA aims to increase engagement and provide support for Hispanic/Latine, low-income and historically minoritized students regardless of ethnicity, culture, gender, and intersectional identities.   

Its purpose is to foster a sense of belonging among Hispanic/Latino students and the entire student body.  

Peak Contractors Inc. of Kennewick was the contractor.

Integrus Architecture of Spokane was the designer.

Go to: columbiabasin.edu/connect/dei/la-casa/index.html.