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K-12 Latina Immigrant Leaders’ Experiences Within Minnesota, Gabriela Theis
K-12 Latina Immigrant Leaders’ Experiences Within Minnesota, Gabriela Theis
Doctorate in Education
The purpose of this qualitative study, employing a case study design, from a population of K-12 leaders located in an urban area of the state of Minnesota, was to explore the phenomenon of Latina immigrants, all who were non-native English speakers, in K-12 leadership positions. Latina immigrants have not achieved proportionate representation in K-12 leadership positions in school systems in Minnesota which might be losing the opportunity to add the Hispanic leadership perspective to solve critical educational issues in the 21st-century educational system. Latinas, both immigrants and non-immigrants, are not well represented when compared with other racial groups. The following …