Hello, we are Alisha Garcia Flores and Dr. Emely Medina-Rodriguez, the current Co-Chairs of the LaRED (Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse) AEA TIG. We are extremely excited to celebrate 10 years of LaRED Comunidad this year with our members!
We are Leah C. Neubauer and Ayesha Boyce. We represent unique pathways into evaluation and we developed this blog to share our own journeys. We are also fierce amigas, collaborators, advocates, and sponsors to each and la causa. We are excited for the upcoming 10-year anniversary of LaRED. The MIE and LaRED TIGs fostered support for critical evaluation scholarship and deep community connection. People, relationships, and stories bind our work together.
Hi. We are Emely Medina-Rodríguez, Research Associate II with Education Development Center and principal of EMR Evaluation and Cynthia Surya (Evaluator) and Robin Horner (Principal) of Radiance, a firm specializing in learning and evaluation strategies for social justice-focused nonprofits and philanthropies. We are all committed to aligning our work with culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE) principles.
Hello! My name is Toi Wise. I am an Evaluation and Data Specialist for the education department at Enlace Chicago, a community-based nonprofit organization which serves a predominantly Latinx/e neighborhood. I also serve as the Secretary for AEA’s local affiliate, the Chicagoland Evaluation Association. This year, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to …
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Hello, my name is Elia H. Bueno, and I am a fifth year PhD student at the University of Arizona studying Human Development and Family Science with a minor in Program Evaluation. In my research, I am interested in learning about the role of Latinx families in adolescents’ and emerging adults’ academic as well as …
Please Note: This post was originally published on the blog September 2, 2020. (Spanish version) My name is Oscar Cerna, and I’m an Evaluation Research Associate at MDRC in Oakland, CA. At the risk of stating the obvious, the population of Latinx students attending college will continue to grow and diversify. Many higher education institutions …
Good day! I am Art Hernandez, a Professor at the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas. As an evaluator and teacher of evaluation, I am interested in the processes of cultural responsiveness in theory and practice, especially concerning measurement and assessment. Currently, I am a member of the Expanding the Bench™ Advisory Board and a mentor for the Leaders in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) Program. I also have the honor of serving on the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation.
Hola a tod@s somos dos evaluadores centroamericanos, Martha Hernández Martinez y Erick Antonio Aragón, compartiendo experiencias y perspectivas de llevar a cabo nuestro trabajo de una forma transformadora. Queremos compartir con ustedes nuestra reflexión acerca del universo de posibilidades, lecturas, interpretaciones, perspectivas y análisis que existe en una base de datos en Excel o en un archivo de datos en SPSS bajo el lente de la identidad.
Hola! We are Susana Morales and Alisha Garcia Flores, proud co-chairs of the LaRED TIG. For the past couple years we have had the privilege of building a community with our fellow LaRED members. The Latinx Responsive Evaluation Discourse TIG (LaRED) meets monthly via zoom throughout the year. Our mission is to increase representation, engagement and leadership of Latina/o and other evaluators in theory, research and practice of culturally responsive evaluation especially involving the Latina/o community through the development of sustainable avenues for the development and application of Latina/o responsive evaluation theory and practice.
Hola, we are the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) team at University of Central Florida. My name is Maritza Concha, Director of the Center and Rasha Mannaa is my graduate assistant. CPNM’s main goal is to provide capacity building services to nonprofit organizations including training and technical assistance on program evaluation. In April of 2022, my center coordinated, in collaboration with an international committee, the first virtual Participatory Action Research and Evaluation Conference also known as PAREC. The conference’s theme focused on working towards the Sustainable Development Goals through participatory research and evaluation empowering the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) community. The conference had the following three main objectives:
