2010-2011 Scholarship Recipients - College of Education

Program
Ph.D., Department of Education, Culture, & Society
Andrea Garavito
J. George Jones, Jr. and Velma
Rife Jones Memorial Fund
About Andrea
In collaboration with the academic advisors in the Urban
Institute for Teacher Education, Andrea assists in the outreach
and retention of pre-education students. She coordinates the
UITE‘s Peer Advocacy Program. The program provides a
―friendly contact‖ that is familiar with the undergraduate
application program and the UITE teaching licensure programs
and brings students together to celebrate each other‘s strengths.
Andrea graduated from the University of California, Santa
Barbara with a bachelor‘s in Chicana/o Studies and Sociology
and a Master‘s in Education, Culture, and Society from the
University of Utah. Under the mentorship of Dr. Dolores
Delgado Bernal, her research focuses on the experiences of
Latinas/Chicanas in higher education. Her areas of interest are
Chicana Feminist Thought, feminist epistemology, communityschool
partnerships, Latina testimonios, and critical race theory.
She is originally from Northeast Los Angeles, California. She
attended elementary school in her parent‘s native hometown of
Jocotepec, Jalisco, Mexico.