Rosalinda Ortiz is a Practitioner-Researcher at the Hope Center for Community, College, and Justice. She is a first-generation college student who focuses her qualitative research on bridging the gap between high school and college, especially for first-generation Latinx students. Graduating in 2020, her doctoral dissertation, focused on dual credit students’ transition from high school to a four-year university, was named Distinguished Dissertation of the Year by Ball State University. In 2019, Rosalinda was named a Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) Fellow for her research and volunteer work with Latinx communities.
Prior to joining the Hope Center, Rosalinda worked as a community college professor and administrator for over a decade supporting students at Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs). Born and raised in rural south Texas, Rosalinda holds an Associate of Arts degree from Southwest Texas Junior College, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio, a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Texas State University, and a Doctor of Education degree in Higher Education from Ball State University.
Rosalinda’s hope: To dismantle the deficit narrative of marginalized and disenfranchised students and create opportunities for all students to succeed to and through college-no matter their culture, background, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, religion, and/or gender.
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