Education

As a young student, Sandra Flores witnessed teachers struggling to connect with, understand and uplift all their students. She saw firsthand how language, culture and differences in students' backgrounds could influence the way they were treated in ...

Eric Steere's interest in counseling was shaped and molded by the teachers he had growing up. Their ability to make him feel at ease and confident in new and challenging surroundings stuck with him and inspired his choice to work in education. Years ...

More than 60 designers, artists, students, educators and creative leaders gathered at UCLA Downtown, sitting at communal tables ready to tackle what the future holds for arts and education - specifically at the intersection of the two - for the ...

Esther Hugo's career speaks for itself. As a journalism teacher, college counselor and then a teacher of college counselors while serving on multiple college counseling boards, Hugo's talent in her industry shines. At UCLA Extension, the courses she ...

UCLA Extension is set to host on April 9 its inaugural RE:DESIGN // RE:IMAGINE summit, a one-day educational experience that will bring together designers, artists, students, educators and creative leaders to explore how arts and design education are ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is partnering with UCLA Extension to train its career technical education (CTE) teachers. The training is intended to assist a group of teachers - who are often new to the field - with best practices to ...

Sean Van Aacken has always been driven to help others succeed. Since his early days at McDonald's, to his current role as a leading expert at UCLA Extension on education strategy, Van Aacken has placed an emphasis on building relationships and ...

Danuelle Jones comes from a long line of caretakers that includes nurses, respiratory therapists and psychologists. Jones herself cared for the elderly, volunteering at Inglewood Senior Daycare and as a live-in caregiver in Sherman Oaks. Driven by a ...

Moving from Colombia to the U.S., Carolina Ríos found purpose – and community – in education.