CABE BOARD – California Association for Bilingual Education

Dr. Bárbara Flores

President

DR. BÁRBARA FLORES, PRESIDENT
California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
California State University, San Bernardino, Professor

Dr. Bárbara Flores is a pioneer Latina scholar activist, teacher educator, children’s literature writer, and international expert in the areas of biliteracy development, teaching/learning based on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theoretical framework, professional staff development, bilingual education, and critical pedagogy. Not only has she published her work in professional journals, books, and chapters, but she is also a sought-after keynote speaker throughout the Americas. She has lectured throughout the United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Canada, Germany, Portugal, New Zealand, and Australia. She has been a professor for the last 30 years and currently has an academic appointment at California State University, San Bernardino.

Currently, she serves on the CABE Board of Directors as President and the Vice President of the California Latino School Board Association. She was elected to the San Bernardino City School Board in 2008 and has served as both the President, Vice President and now as a Board member after being re-elected in 2013. She is also the past President of the National Association for Bilingual Education and served on a variety of national, regional, and state professional councils, which include the editorial board of the prestigious American Education Research Association Journal, Social and Institutional Analysis Section. She is the founding member of the Journal of Latinos and Education and the editor of a special edition on Theme Cycles, Primary Voices Journal for the National Council of Teachers of English Executive Board. Additionally, Dr. Flores is the nationally elected Chair of the Elementary Section of the National Council of Teachers of English, is on the Executive Board of the National Latino/a Education Research Agenda, and is the past Co-Chair of the Education Task Force for the Inland Latino Coalition under Congressman Baca.

During the last 30 years, she has also engaged in collaborative Action Research and Teaching and 15+ longitudinal action/research/teaching projects. As a result of this work, she has spearheaded the development of curriculum and pedagogy as well as assessment tools to address the development of scientific concepts and academic language across the content areas of science, social studies, and literature in grades PreK- 8. Her most creative work includes the creation and co-authorship of the first authentic Latino Spanish/English beginning literacy and biliteracy collections, Piñata (132 titles, 1994) and Más Piñata (88 titles, 1997) in the United States. Furthermore, she was the first person to lead the editorial and adaptations of 12 English traditional tales into Spanish for Rigby of Australia in 1988. Her most recent children’s book is titled, Mud Tortillas, published by Lee & Low Press of New York.

Olivia Yahya

Immediate Past President

Elodia Ortega-Lampkin

Vice-President

Dr. Marlene Batista

Director of
Legislative/State Affairs

Dr. Lettie Ramírez

Director of
Secondary & IHE Affairs

Raúl Maldonado

Director of
Financial Affairs

RAUL MALDONADO, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
Palmdale School District, Superintendent of Schools

Raul Maldonado was named Superintendent of Schools for the Palmdale School District in May 2014. Previously, he served as Superintendent of the McFarland Unified School District, Kern County. As a successful innovator and inspirational speaker, Mr. Maldonado is well known throughout California. His outside-the-box thinking includes a daily, one-hour radio program on a local radio station. The radio show is bilingual in Spanish and English. The enrollment bus tour saw PROMISE Mobile go into the community to help families enroll in school. In addition, a partnership with a local grocery chain allowed parents to shop and enroll their children simultaneously.

He is experienced in transforming school and district culture and has a proven record of improving student achievement. He has been instrumental in bringing state-of-the-art student workspaces across the district. He sets high expectations, strategically allocates resources, and provides continuous support and multiple opportunities for collaboration, and he holds high expectations for all stakeholders. He believes all students should receive the best educational opportunities utilizing a rigorous curriculum delivered with effective research-based strategies and skills to prepare students to succeed in college and their careers. He tells students to go and learn at college but bring what they know back to benefit the community. He has seen his directive followed as several new teachers this year were Palmdale School District students. Mr. Maldonado’s passion for dual language stems from his own experience as an English language learner. Under his leadership, the Palmdale School District has grown the Dual Immersion Language program from two schools to six school sites. As a result, families across the district now have access to dual-language programs.

Raul Maldonado has received many accolades during his illustrious career. University of San Martin De Porres in Lima, Peru, made him the featured speaker at their international business conference in 2016. The Association of California School Administrators honored him with the David G. Millen mentorship award in 2020. The California Association of Latino Superintendents (CALSA) selected him as Superintendent of the Year 2021 for region 5 (Los Angeles). In addition, the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) honored Mr. Maldonado with the highly prestigious Marcus Foster Memorial Award for Administrator Excellence 2021. His expertise is in demand as he has demonstrated excellence in managing the fourth largest district in California. .

Mr. Maldonado has been an Antelope Valley resident since 1994. He is very involved in the community and enjoys working with community members, parents, and students. He has been married to his beautiful wife, Isabel, for 28 years. Together they have four children. True to his belief in public education, his four children attended elementary school in the Palmdale School District and completed the Dual Immersion Language Program at Los Amigos School. Currently, one of his children now teaches in a dual-language program at the elementary level, and his other children graduated from college and are enjoying successful careers..

Mr. Maldonado received his Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree from California State University, Los Angeles. In addition, he holds a Multiple Subject Credential and a Clear Administrative Services Credential from the same university. A believer in lifelong learning, he is enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at California State University, Bakersfield.

Dr. José Hugo Moreno

Director of
Parent Relations

DR. HUGO MORENO, DIRECTOR OF PARENT RELATIONS
California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
Payne Elementary, Mountain View SD, Principal

Over the past 26 years, Dr. Moreno has played a key role in the decision-making process and implementation of effective school programs at various schools in California. He has accomplished this through work on the leadership team, school site council, staff development, curriculum development, district-sponsored functions and through the allocation and monitoring of school budgets. His education at Claremont Graduate University, and California State University, Los Angeles, prepared him to successfully execute his responsibilities as a counselor intern, teacher, and site administrator.

His career includes two years as a counselor intern for the Talent Search program housed at California State University Los Angeles, thirteen years as classroom teacher and eighteen years as assistant principal and 5 years as principal in the Mountain View School District.

Dr. Moreno grew up in Hollywood, East Los Angeles, and the San Gabriel Valley He has a special connection with students and parents from immigrant communities because they reflect the communities that he grew up in. He is bilingual, Spanish and English, bicultural and a positive role model for the community he serves.

His experience includes decisions dealing with personnel selection, budgeting, student welfare, and curriculum development, working with staff on developing and maintaining programs to improve student academic performance and parent engagement. He was one of the collaborators in developing his district's parent engagement program. Some of his roles have been presenter, facilitator, community activist, to being a mentor.

In 2020 he presented at the 24th Annual Parent Involvement Academy in City of Industry on the topic of the Impostor Syndrome. He was Honored by the Los Angeles County Bilingual Director’s Annual Recognition on April 29th 2017 for his commitment to EL education and the students of the Mountain View School District. Dr. Moreno was a mentor to 5 youth towards attaining a college bound direction for the Partnership Scholars Program, Mentor 2010 – 2016. In 2015, HSF College Camp 2015 @ CSULA Co-presenter giving 9th-10th grade students logistical information in regards to college requirements A-G, ACT, SAT, and scholarship opportunities at the Hispanic Scholarship Fund California State University College Camp. On February 7, 2015, he was honored to be Counselor for the Chicano Youth Leadership Conference (Sal Castro’s) College retreat October 31-November 2, 2014.

He was an ADELANTE District Conferences Presenter (1998-2005) topics included Parental involvement in children's education, understanding of the SAT 9, CAT 6 assessments, strategies to use at home to support learning in ELA & Math, Financial Aid and the FAFSA application process. He was a Cal Poly Pomona's Teacher's Asian Summer Studies Institute (TASSI) Fellow, 1997. Guest lecturer at various campuses throughout southern California that include East Los Angeles College, Cypress College, Santa Ana College, & California State University Los Angeles. Topics ranging from education to contemporary and historical issues that impact and influence the Latino community.