Board 162: Engineering Education and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Pre-College: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature

Abstract

Doctoral student, is a Mexican student with a bachelor's degree in chemistry engineering and M.S. Systems Engineering by UTEP. She is interested in social critic theories and the introduction of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in STEM careers. She is a instructor in the critical pedagogy program in the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at El Paso Community College (EPCC). Ms. Perez-Piza's areas of research include Engineering Education, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, and Socioscientific issues (SSIs) in the Engineering field.