Peggy Estrada

Peggy Estrada is an associate research scientist in the Latin American and Latino Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). Her research focuses on promoting positive academic achievement and social-emotional development among culturally and linguistically diverse children and adolescents, with a special focus on English learners and Latino students. In partnership with districts, she answers field-, policy-, and practice-relevant questions using sociocultural lenses and mixed methods. She was formerly an associate research scientist at the Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence at UCSC. Early in her career, Estrada was a preschool teacher and a public school teacher for migrant education in rural northern California. She received her PhD in child and adolescent development from the Stanford Graduate School of Education.

updated 2015