Magaly Lavadenz

Magaly Lavadenz is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). She is also the founding director of LMU’s Center for Equity for English Learners (CEEL). Lavadenz is a past president of the California Association for Bilingual Education; founding president of the California Association of Bilingual Teacher Educators; and president for the California Council on Teacher Education. Born in Cuba, she is a former bilingual classroom teacher and ESL teacher specialist in K–12 schools. Her research interests include the education of Latino and bilingual teachers; the experiences of the Central American immigrant community; public policy affecting language use and education; and biliteracy development. She received her PhD in education, specializing in language, literacy, and learning from the University of Southern California.
updated 2018