Season 2- Episode 21: Dr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago. “Breaking ground and Barries”.
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Tania and Peter speak with Dr. Bonilla-Santiago about her book breaking ground and barriers- Hispanic Women Developing Effective Leadership and her new book The Miracle in Cooper Street.
She is a Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor at the Department of Public Policy and Administration and Director of the Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership at Rutgers University-Camden.
She wrote one of the earliest books on Latine leadership, Breaking Ground and Barriers: Hispanic Women Developing Effective Leadership in 1992.
She is also the founder of the successful charter school in Camden New Jersey called Leadership, Education, and Partnership, also known as the “LEAP” Academy. And, in her book, The Miracle on Cooper Street: Lessons from an Inner City, she shares inspiring stories developing the LEAP Academy, and how to empower low-income youth with knowledge, values, and leadership.