2011, Community College Leadership Academy (CCLA) part of the School of Leadership and Education (SOLES) at the University of San Diego.\n\n2001, Doctor of Philosophy, Florida International University, Sociology.\r\nDissertation Title: Un-Equal Opportunity: Sex and School Among First and Second Generation Mexican Immigrant Adolescent Girls.\r\nPassed comprehensive examinations with honors.\n\n1995, Master of Arts, Florida International University, Comparative Sociology. Thesis Title: Bound-Risk: The Mujeres de Yucatán por la Democracia. Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society,1994.\r\nInducted into The National Dean’s List, 1992.\n\n1989, Bachelor of Science, San Diego State University, Mechanical Engineering.