I'm frequently invited to speak at schools, district, universities, and community organizations.  Topics include:
  • strategies to engage students across the educational pipeline (for educators & leaders)
  • 7 steps to success for K-12 students (for students)
  • achieving personal and community excellence (for students)
  • responding to Latina/o education issues (for educators & leaders)
  • strategies to close the achievement gap (for educators & leaders)
  • 10 ways to building school culture (for educators & leaders)
  • helping parents engage with the school system (for parents)
  • helping parents prepare their students for college (for parents)
  • current educational policy issues in the U.S. (all)

If you are interested in any of these topics, please send me a direct email message to: [email protected]

Upcoming Presentations

Here is a partial list of upcoming presentations.

Sizemore Lecture, Duquesne University, Pennsylvania, May 2016
San Bernardino City Unified, November 2015
Mills College, Oakland, CA, October 2015
Fontana Unified, October 2015
Ontario Unified, October 2015
Ralph Bunch High School, Los Angeles, October 2015
CSU, San Bernardino, Book Launch, October 2015
Fontana Unified School District, July 2015
Institute for Teachers of Color, Los Angeles, June 2015
American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 2015

Past Presentations

Here is partial list of previous presentations.

Ontario-Montclair School District, Parent Institute, November 2014
California State University, San Marcos, October 2014
Ontario-Montclair School District, October 2014
California State University, Fullerton, October 2014
San Bernardino Valley College, Keynote, September 2014
Santa Fe Public Schools, Santa Fe, NM, July 2014
Harvard University, Leadership Institute, June 2014
Chaffey High School, Ontario, CA, April 2014
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, March 2014
CSU, San Bernardino, Book Launch, March 2014
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, March 2014
Alumni of Color Conference, Harvard University, February 2014
KCAAradio.com, book discussion, January 2014