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Alejandra A. Fernández Morgado, Ed.S (She/Ella)

Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota-Duluth / Florida International University
Homestead, Florida, United States

My journey has been one in search of equity and access for those disproportionately represented in advanced education and special education. My experiences as a Cuban American woman creating and teaching the enrichment and gifted curriculum, has led me through a journey of better understanding the inner workings of such programs that are abundantly available to White children, while underrepresented by multiply marginalized students. My positionality is not unique, given a small but growing body of research about the experiences of Latinx teachers within schools and how they have used their roles to resist the structures of power that oppress and marginalize, and advocate on behalf of their students and themselves. Additionally, my positionality includes my experiences as a student and the mother of a student whose first language was not English and having to acquire needed language skills while learning to navigate educational spaces not made for us. I recently graduated with a doctorate from Florida International University's Project INCLUDE, an OSEP-funded doctoral cohort, and have since become an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. I am a certified educator in Elementary K-6, Special Education K-12, with endorsements in Reading, ESOL, Pre-K disabilities, and Gifted.

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