N. Leticia Cervantes

Research Interest

Leticia has research interests in the areas of language and culture, parent partnerships in schools, and pre-service teacher educatio

Biography

N. Leticia Cervantes has been a bilingual educator for over 15 years. She has served her community as a health and parent educator in a non-profit agency, as an elementary bilingual teacher in public schools, and as an administrator in a dual immersion charter school that she helped establish. She has also been a part-time instructor for Chapman University teaching a course on foundations in education to preservice teachers. She is currently a Ph.D. student with research interests in the areas of language and culture, parent partnerships in schools, and pre-service teacher education.

Leticia has two young daughters, Paloma and Isabella, who enrich and balance her life.

M.A., Education, Claremont Graduate University
California Elementary Teaching Credential, Claremont Graduate University
B.A., Spanish ~ Bilingual Education, University of California, Irvine
Education Abroad, La Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Email: norma.cervantes@cgu.edu