Elizabeth began her teaching career as a 4^th grade teacher at Inter-American Magnet School in Chicago.  Inter-American is a dual language school where the curriculum focuses on the history of the Americas and instilling a sense of social consciousness in students.  While at Inter-American, Elizabeth worked with outstanding teachers and families, all of whom shared the goal of bilingualism and biculturalism for the entire school community.

At CSU, Elizabeth continues work in bilingual education but with a different student population.  For the past 5 years she as been the coordinator of Project Nueva Generación, a “Grow Your Own” teacher education program that prepares and educates community leaders to teach in their local schools.  Project Nueva Generación is collaboration between the bilingual program at CSU and the Logan Square Neighborhood Association.     

Elizabeth earned her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from UIC in December 2005.  Her dissertation focuses on the educational experiences of some of the students in Project Nueva Generación and is titled:  Latinas in Higher Education:  Learning from their Experiences.

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