“Welcome to our new space,” says Josmell Perez as he proudly greets visitors to the walk-through of the site of the UNC Latinx Center, which will officially open its doors just prior to the Fall 2019 semester. Perez has been at the helm of the Carolina Latinx Collaborative for nearly a decade while it incubated within the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion (D&I). Now he will see the fruits of his labor – and that of students, faculty and staff – ripen as the CLC morphs into the UNC Latinx Center, where he will serve as its director.