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Angela Valenzuela is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at The University of Texas at Austin, where she also has a courtesy appointment in the Cultural Studies in Education Program. Valenzuela is the director of the University of Texas Center for Education Policy. She is an author of several influential works including 'Subtractive Schooling: U.S. Mexican Youth Politics Caring' and has published extensively on educational policy and practice, focusing on Latino/a youth. Valenzuela has served as a co-editor for the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education and has participated in numerous educational initiatives, including founding the National Latino Education Research Policy Project (NLERAPP). A Fulbright Scholar, she taught at the University of Guanajuato in Mexico and has contributed to various community-based educational programs in Texas. Her research interests encompass urban education reform, culturally relevant curriculum, and the integration of Ethnic Studies and Indigenous education into mainstream curricula.
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