Mónica Baldonado-Ruiz

Bio

Dr. Mónica Baldonado-Ruiz is a veteran English Educator who believes that the power of stories connects us to others around us. She has used her own voice as an advocate for students and to celebrate the communities of those students. Her research interests include literacy education, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, equitable practices of teaching writing and Lat-Crit theory of education, specifically testimonio. As a first generation college going student, and award winning PhD recipient, she is dedicated to cultivating literacy education that is more reflective for historically marginalized student populations. As a teacher educator, she hopes to provide a sound pedagogical foundation for her students that is rooted in joy and an understanding of the complex and ever diversifying U.S educational landscape. Dr. Baldonado-Ruiz holds a PhD in English Education from Arizona State University, a Master's Degree in English from Northern Arizona University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education from the University of New Mexico. Her work in English Education has been featured in the Explicator, by the National Writing Project, by the National Council of Teachers of English, in the Arizona English Teachers Journal, and in English Leadership Quarterly.