Raquel Cataldo

Raquel Cataldo, Ph.D., is an educator and literacy scholar specializing in early childhood education, bilingual education, and culturally relevant teaching. A native of Laredo, Texas, she holds a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from National Louis University, and a doctorate in interdisciplinary learning and teaching from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Cataldo coauthored “Using Children’s Literature to Understand Values, Traditions, and Beliefs within Latino Family Systems,” included in Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children: Their Words, Their Worlds, Second Edition. Her research and publications also address Latino children’s narratives, family-school partnerships, and culturally relevant approaches to emergent writing.