Maribel A. Garza

Claudia Cervantes Nickel and Maribel A. Garza, The University of Texas at Austin
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Maribel A. Garza holds a master's degree in Information Studies from The University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor's degree in Academic Studies and Bilingual Education from Sam Houston State University. Her experience with Latina youth comes from her own background as Chicana growing up in the suburbs of Houston and working in the same neighborhoods as a tutor and bilingual teacher. She also has experience teaching in Austin and Kyle, as well as experience as a bilingual librarian in Pflugerville. She is currently a doctoral student at The University of Texas at Austin working in the Cultural Studies in Education program. Her work and research have been in the broad areas of information literacy, health and nutrition education of bilingual students, gender identity and gender role formation issues, as well as parent education programs.