Profile: Associate Professor Margarita Bianco on Puerto Rican Identity and Latinx Students
Associate Professor Margarita Bianco, PhD, teaches in the School of Education and Human Development and founded Pathways2Teaching, a nationally recognized program designed to encourage high school students of color to enter the teacher workforce. Bianco, whose family is from Puerto Rico, explained the importance of her heritage. “The Puerto Rican people are multiracial and multicultural—embracing our African and Indigenous roots,” she said. “My Puerto Rican heritage influences ALL aspects of my life.” Bianco shared some photographs that highlight what’s important to her culturally.