Dr. María C. Ledesma (pronouns: she/her) is a first-generation college graduate and a Professor of Educational Leadership and founding Director of the Higher Education Leadership Master's Program at San José State University, where she is also Department Chair. As a critical race scholar, Dr. Ledesma’s research broadly examines the sociology of race-conscious policy in higher education, including contextualizing and historicizing the history and application of race-conscious social policy in higher education and the examination of leadership for social justice. She is also interested in exploring the experiences of faculty of color who identify as first-generation. https://events.sjsu.edu/event/uss-ledesma Register here: https://sjsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/7416583507261/WN_vX5_CeE3Sz2BA47D3Lzo5g