A CO-FOUNDER OF C.S.U.M.B. HAS DIED AFTER A 7-MONTH BATTLE WITH CANCER. CECILIA PRECIADO BURCIAGA, WHO WAS KNOWN AS A NATIONALLY RESPECTED LEADER IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS, WAS 67 YEAR-OLD. BURCIAGA ALSO SERVED UNDER 2 PRESIDENTS…AS A COMMISSIONER FOR THE NATIONAL ADVISORY ON WOMEN UNDER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, AND UNDER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AS A PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE ON EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR HISPANIC AMERICANS. SHE WAS ALSO SELECTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 LATINA WOMEN OF THE YEAR IN 2010. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND, WHO DIED OF CANCER IN 1996. BARCIAGA IS SURVIVED BY HER ADULT CHILDREN ANTONIO JUNIOR AND REBECA. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING, AND ARE LIKELY TO BE HELD AT THE CARMEL MISSION. A TRIBUTE TO CECILIA BURCIAGA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON-LINE AT