{"id":80060,"date":"2024-10-01T15:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casel.org\/?post_type=blogposts&#038;p=80060"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:25:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:25:03","slug":"hispanic-heritage-month-2024-celebrating-our-sel-leaders","status":"publish","type":"blogposts","link":"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/hispanic-heritage-month-2024-celebrating-our-sel-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Hispanic Heritage Month 2024: Celebrating Our SEL Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"key-points\"><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/h2><a class=top href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15), we\u2019re proud to lift up members of this community who have contributed to the vibrant and diverse SEL field through their wisdom and commitment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of social and emotional learning (SEL) and CASEL this year, we\u2019re reflecting on our history as an organization and the evolution of the field as a whole. For the past three decades, many SEL leaders have led the charge in research, in the classroom, in the school, and in the halls of legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In honor of <strong>Hispanic Heritage Month<\/strong>, we\u2019d like to lift up the wisdom of some of the pioneering researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who have played a key role in advancing SEL and built a field that strives to support all children, young people, and adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sara Castro-Olivo<\/strong> is an associate professor in the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Texas A&amp;M.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/V08TTxCx-9.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=scale&amp;fm=png&amp;h=1900&amp;w=1900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/V08TTxCx-9.png 640w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/V08TTxCx-9.png 1900w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/V08TTxCx-9.png 300w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/V08TTxCx-9.png 768w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/V08TTxCx-9.png 1536w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/V08TTxCx-9.png 2048w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/V08TTxCx-9.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ray Lozano<\/strong> of El Paso Independent School District is dedicated to supporting educators in aligning SEL and academics to improve outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/Dt2NAIPN-3.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=scale&amp;fm=png&amp;h=1900&amp;w=1900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Dt2NAIPN-3.png 640w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Dt2NAIPN-3.png 1900w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Dt2NAIPN-3.png 300w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Dt2NAIPN-3.png 768w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Dt2NAIPN-3.png 1536w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Dt2NAIPN-3.png 2048w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Dt2NAIPN-3.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pedro Noguera <\/strong>of USC\u2019s Rossier School of Education researches the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions as well as by demographic trends in local, regional, and global contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/toxboWSw-4.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=scale&amp;fm=png&amp;h=1900&amp;w=1900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/toxboWSw-4.png 640w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/toxboWSw-4.png 1900w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/toxboWSw-4.png 300w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/toxboWSw-4.png 768w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/toxboWSw-4.png 1536w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/toxboWSw-4.png 2048w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/toxboWSw-4.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carmen Xiomara Urbina<\/strong> serves as deputy director of the Oregon Department of Education and received the Distinguished Latinx Educator Award from the Oregon Association of Latino Administrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/pF0Eax0r-5.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=scale&amp;fm=png&amp;h=1900&amp;w=1900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/pF0Eax0r-5.png 640w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/pF0Eax0r-5.png 1900w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/pF0Eax0r-5.png 300w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/pF0Eax0r-5.png 768w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/pF0Eax0r-5.png 1536w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/pF0Eax0r-5.png 2048w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/pF0Eax0r-5.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Juany Valdespina-Gatan <\/strong>is the vice president of Education and Well-Being at Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/NAtL1VnL-6.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=scale&amp;fm=png&amp;h=1900&amp;w=1900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/NAtL1VnL-6.png 640w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/NAtL1VnL-6.png 1900w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/NAtL1VnL-6.png 300w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/NAtL1VnL-6.png 768w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/NAtL1VnL-6.png 1536w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/NAtL1VnL-6.png 2048w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/NAtL1VnL-6.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cynthia Garc\u00eda Coll <\/strong>is a researcher, professor, and editor affiliated with the University of Puerto Rico, Abizu University, and Brown University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/FV7tthbo-8.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=scale&amp;fm=png&amp;h=1900&amp;w=1900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/FV7tthbo-8.png 640w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/FV7tthbo-8.png 1900w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/FV7tthbo-8.png 300w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/FV7tthbo-8.png 768w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/FV7tthbo-8.png 1536w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/FV7tthbo-8.png 2048w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/FV7tthbo-8.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>M. So\u00f1a Alaniz Saiz<\/strong> is the behavioral health manager of the Safe and Healthy Schools Bureau in the New Mexico Public Education Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/Y9zXqxBe-10.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=scale&amp;fm=png&amp;h=1900&amp;w=1900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Y9zXqxBe-10.png 640w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Y9zXqxBe-10.png 1900w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Y9zXqxBe-10.png 300w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Y9zXqxBe-10.png 768w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Y9zXqxBe-10.png 1536w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Y9zXqxBe-10.png 2048w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/Y9zXqxBe-10.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor Adriana Janette Uma\u00f1a-Taylor<\/strong> of the Harvard Graduate School of Education studies how individual and contextual factors interact to inform adolescents&#8217; development and adjustment. She is principal investigator of multiple longitudinal research projects and has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and handbook chapters, along with several books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/MlMF87qb-2.png?auto=compress&amp;fit=scale&amp;fm=png&amp;h=1900&amp;w=1900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/MlMF87qb-2.png 640w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/MlMF87qb-2.png 1900w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/MlMF87qb-2.png 300w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/MlMF87qb-2.png 768w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/MlMF87qb-2.png 1536w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/MlMF87qb-2.png 2048w, https:\/\/casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/sites\/1\/.\/MlMF87qb-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/asian-american-pacific-islander-aapi-month-2024-celebrating-our-sel-heroes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asian-American\/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month 2024: Celebrating our SEL Heroes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/casel.org\/blog\/black-history-month-2024-celebrating-our-sel-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black History Month 2024: Celebrating our SEL Leaders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"write-for-us\"><strong>Write for Us<\/strong><\/h2><a class=top href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you interested in writing for CASEL\u2019s blog, <em>Constellations<\/em>? <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1zSZFveKA8xsmlCADpfDP8t-y9emN0qswHQh1MnfmqBI\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a> about what we\u2019re looking for and how to pitch your idea!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points: Back to top As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of social and emotional learning (SEL) and CASEL this year, we\u2019re reflecting on our history as an organization and the evolution of the field as a whole. 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