Assistant Professor Of Practice And Director, Transborder Education Initiatives
University Of Arizona
Dr. Nadia Alvarez Mexia serves as an Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of Transborder Education Initiatives in the Honors College and College of Education. She is an award-winning educator that has devoted her professional and teaching career to creating safe learning spaces and remarkable academic experiences that have brought recognition from the UArizona, as well as from NAFSA- Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award 2012 and institutions of higher education in Mexico. Recently, Nadia co-authored the chapter book “Climbing Uphill” in Amplified Voices, Intersectional Identities: Volume 2. She also led a four-member team and obtained the IDEAS (Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students) grant. Nadia is one of the UArizona Hispanic Serving Institution 2018-2019 and Academic Leadership Institute 2020-2021 fellow.
Before joining the UArizona, Nadia worked for a decade in Mexico’s higher education system as a professor, mentor, and administrator within TEC Campus Monterrey and Mazatlán and other higher education institutions.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM MDT