Four individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education were named in Madison 365’s list of Wisconsin’s most influential Latino leaders for 2022. They are among 11 members of the UW–Madison community who were honored on this annual list.
A nonprofit online news publication, Madison365 has recognized Wisconsin’s most influential Black and Latino leaders every year since its founding in 2015, and now also has begun to recognize Indigenous and Asian American leaders. The lists are intended to “highlight the beauty of the diversity of our state,” says Henry Sanders Jr., co-founder, publisher and chief executive officer of Madison365.
This year’s list of influential Latino leaders includes a School of Education faculty member and three School alumni. They are:
Mariana Pacheco Ortiz is a professor with the School of Education’s highly regarded Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her research focuses on creating meaningful opportunities for bi/multilingual and English Learner students to use their full linguistic resources for literacy learning and self-determination.
Luz del Carmen Arroyo Calderon earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and training from the UW–Madison School of Education in 2010 and today is a retention initiatives and student engagement (RISE) student success manager at Madison College. In 2021, she was named one of Brava Magazine’s “Women to Watch.”
Maria Yturriaga Dyslin joined One City Schools as elementary school principal in July 2022. She received her master’s from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 1997 and taught in the Madison Metropolitan School District for 19 years before transitioning to school leadership.
Raul Leon earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2010, and today he is serving as UW–Madison’s assistant vice provost for student engagement and scholarship programs. In this role, Leon leads a portfolio that includes some of the largest scholarship programs in the country offering opportunities to talented and diverse students that continue to be leaders locally and nationally.
To learn more, check out Madison 365’s full list of Wisconsin’s 46 most influential Latino leaders.