About Me

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Dr. Marcela Rodriguez-Campo (She/ Ella) is an educator and scholar practitioner. She is a formerly undocumented Colombian immigrant, first-generation college graduate, and Latina feminist scholar-activist. 

Dr. Rodriguez-Campo has 10+ years of experience in K-20 Education. She has served as a local educator, university instructor, facilitator, diversity officer, DEI Director, local organizer, and consultant.  She earned her PhD in Curriculum & Instruction with a specialization in Cultural Studies, International Education, and Multicultural Education from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. She also holds a Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction from UNLV, and a Bachelor's degree in English from Washington State University.  

She has served as an advisory member on local and national organizations including: The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education & Immigration; the Nevada System of Higher Education Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Access Council; the City of Las Vegas Book Festival Literary Committee; an Executive member on the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social; and many others. Her work & writing has been featured in national & local publications  and organizations.

She is a gardener, poet, roller skater, and catdog mami.