Lourdes Diáz Soto

Background

Lourdes Soto was born on August 13, 1945, in New York.

Education

Lourdes Soto attended Kingston Hospital School of Nursing (now Kingston School of Nursing), where she became a Registered nurse in 1966. Besides, she studied at the State University of New York at New Paltz and got there a Bachelor of Science in 1970. Lourdes Soto also received a Master of Science at the Hunter College of the City University of New York in 1974 and a Doctor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University in 1986.

Career

After education, Lourdes Soto started to work as a kindergarten teacher at the Mamaroneck Elementary School in 1970-1974. After it, she spent four years at the Dorado Academy as a headteacher. Then, Soto served as a junior and senior high school teacher of chemistry and health at the Toa Alta Public Schools. In 1980 she became a teacher of mathematics, science, and language arts at the Parkville Elementary School. Later, Lourdes Soto worked as a research assistant and then a teaching assistant at Pennsylvania State University. At Florida Atlantic University, she was an assistant professor for about a year. From 1987 to 1991, she served as an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University. In 1991 Soto became an associate professor at Lehigh University. After it, in 1995, she started to work at Pennsylvania State University again as a professor of education. In 2001-2002, Soto was a visiting professor at the Teachers College. From 2006 to 2008, she held the position of a professor of education at the University of Texas. Then, Lourdes Soto was a chair at the Dalton State College in 2008-2010 and a professor at the Florida Atlantic University until her retirement in 2012.

In addition to Lourdes Soto's career as an educator, she is a writer. She has authored numerous research articles and books, such as Language, Culture, and Power: Bilingual Families and the Struggle for Quality Education. Her most recent work has examined issues of equity and social justice. Soto also is a contributor to academic journals, including Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, Insights on Diversity, Young Children, Urban Review, Anthropology, and Education Quarterly, Contemporary Psychology Journal, Multicultural Education, Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education, and Journal of Curriculum Inquiry.

Achievements

• Lourdes Soto is well known as an educator, writer, and editor. She taught more than forty years in New York, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Pennsylvania. As a writer, she has published a number of titles on bilingual and bicultural teaching and learning as well as numerous articles in professional journals. Besides, Lourdes Soto is an Honorary Member of the editorial board, Taboo, and a holder of a grant from the Spencer Foundation.

Works

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  • Making a Difference in the Lives of Bilingual/Bicultural Children

    (As the conservative political mood of our nation eliminat...)

    2001
  • The Politics of Early Childhood Education

    (The basic premise of this book is simple - it brings toge...)

    2000
  • Language, Culture, and Power

    (Provides insights into the impact that eliminating biling...)

    1997
  • The Praeger Handbook of Latino Education in the U.S.

    (Latinos in the United States have fought hard to attain e...)

    2006
  • Power & Voice in Research with Children

    (This volume critically examines issues of power and voice...)

    2005
  • Teaching Bilingual/ Bicultural Children

    (This edited volume is dedicated to contemporary teachers....)

    2010

Membership

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  Lourdes Soto is a past chair of the early childhood special interest group at the National Association for Bilingual Educators.

  National Association for Bilingual Educators , United States

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  Lourdes Soto is a chair of the bilingual/bicultural caucus at the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

  National Association for the Education of Young Children , United States

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  Lourdes Soto is a past chair of the cultural acquisition and transmission committee at the American Anthropological Association.

  American Anthropological Association , United States

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  American Educational Research Association , United States

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  National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators , United States

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  Society for Research in Child Development , United States

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  American Association of University Women , United States

• Lourdes Soto was the president of the Pennsylvania Association for Bilingual Education from 1992 to 1994.

  Pennsylvania Association for Bilingual Education , United States

• Lourdes Soto was a member-at-large of the governing board from 1992 to 1994.

  Spanish-Speaking Organizations of the Lehigh Valley , United States

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  Pi Kappa Delta , United States

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• John Terry: "Lourdes Diáz is a people-oriented manager with superb people skills and a particular talent for working with underserved and minority populations."

Connections

Lourdes Soto has three children, Maria Soto Ponton, Daniel E., and Deane G.

Daughter:

Maria Soto Ponton

Son:

Daniel E. Soto

Daughter:

Deane G. Soto

References

• Lourdes Diaz Soto - LinkedIn