DR. DENISE N. LARA

Inspector

Dr. Denise N. Lara is an assistant professor and the program coordinator for the Bilingual/ESL/Multicultural Education program at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Her research focuses on the achievement of Emergent Bilingual/English Learner and marginalized BIPOC student populations, through the development of critical educators who can teach and advocate in a culturally sustaining manner.

Her work with district and school partnerships includes serving on several school boards and providing on-going professional development to in-service teachers on policy, standards, advocacy and best practices for teaching and serving culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. She was a classroom teacher for 5 years in Texas Title 1 public schools in bilingual and secondary settings. She holds a Texas 4-12 English Language Arts/Reading certification and a bilingual supplemental certification, Masters in Bilingual Education and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a emphasis in multicultural education.