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Margarita Jimenez-Silva
Dr. Margarita Jimenez-Silva is a Professor at UC Davis’s School of Education. Her research focuses on diversifying the teacher workforce, specifically on recruiting and supporting bilingual teachers. Dr. Jimenez-Silva has traveled to and coordinated curriculum and programs addressing the needs of emergent bilinguals in the United States as well as in Mexico, Panama, and Hungary. Prior to entering higher education, Dr. Jimenez-Silva worked with newcomer students as a middle school math and science teacher in Oakland, California. She began her work with preservice teachers at Concordia University in Irvine, California. She herself is a former English learner from the San Fernando Valley in Southern California.