Pascuala Herrera

Pascuala Herrera was a Professor and Accessibility Specialist at Harper College for 30 years and now is a full-time consultant and author of a memoir titled Not Always a Valley of Tears. She was born in Mexico and immigrated to the United States at the age of six. Due to childhood polio, she is physically disabled and uses a motorized wheelchair. She received her BA in Sociology and M.Ed in Reading and Learning Disabilities at DePaul University in Chicago. She is a frequent local and national presenter on the topic of disability awareness, motivation, and the importance of education for individuals with disabilities and Latino students. Pascuala has received many recognitions for her contributions, and in 2019, she was selected as Distinguished Faculty, the highest honor given to a faculty member at Harper College. She prides herself on leading by example. As a Latina, disabled woman, she inspires and motivates others to believe that the impossible can sometimes be possible.