We are living in a time when the importance of ethnic studies is more important than ever. In this talk, Dr. Glenda Marisol Flores draws from the interdisciplinary field of Chicano/Latino Studies to show how Latina teachers draw from elements of Latina/o/x cultures in order to be agents of ethnic mobility for their students.

Dr. Flores is an associate professor of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her book Latina Teachers: Creating Careers and Guarding Culture won the Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the Race, Gender and Class Section of the American Sociological Association. She was born and raised in Santa Ana, California.