Gilda L. Ochoa

Gilda Ochoa is Professor of Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies at Pomona College where she writes and teaches on education, communities, and race/ethnicity. Her newest book In the Shadows of Los Angeles is based on oral histories and archival materials on Black and Chicana/o suburban activism in the 1960s and 1970s. Her last book -- Academic Profiling: Latinos, Asian Americans, and the Achievement Gap was recognized with awards by the Association for Asian American Studies, the American Sociological Association Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, and the Society for the Study of Social Problems Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities. It was also named as one of 35 books All Educators of Black and Latina/o Students Must Read. Her other books include Becoming Neighbors in a Mexican American Community (2004), Learning from Latino Teachers (2007), and Latino LA (2005, co-editor). She grew up in Southern California and received her BA from UC Irvine and PhD from UCLA. She is a frequent invited speaker at colleges, conferences, and K-12 schools.