DR. CRISTINA ALFARO'S BIOGRAPHY
Cristina Alfaro, Ph.D. is the Associate Vice-President of International Affairs at San Diego State University a proud Hispanic Serving Institution where she also served as Provost Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Dr. Alfaro is a Multilingual and Global Education Professor and Past Chair of the Dual Language Education Department in the College of Education where she championed and led the largest multilingual international teacher education program in the state of California. Dr. Alfaro has 30 years of experience working in the field of social justice education leadership. She is the Executive Director of the Center for Equity in Biliteracy and Binational Education Research. She is the recipient of the San Diego County Office of Education Biliteracy Leadership Award, College of Education Excellence in Teaching Award, and the National Outstanding Latina in Higher Education Award.
Dr. Alfaro currently serves on several national and international boards where she is an advocate for diverse student s’ access to quality linguistic, transborder, and global education. As a researcher she has examined and published on preparing teachers to teach Transnationally Mobile Students and on the role of educator critical ideological consciousness and pedagogical practices that situate access and equity at the core of multilingual, binational, and global education. Her most recent 2024 publication: Handbook of Dual Language Bilingual Education Research.