Karina Cuamea

Ph.D. Student
Department of Education

Email: kcuamea@uci.edu

Biography

Karina M. Cuamea is a first-generation college Latina. She received a B.A. in Chicana/o Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara and a M.Ed. in Higher and Postsecondary Education from Arizona State University. She has worked with P-16 students in outreach programs such as the Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP), Engaging Latino Communities for Education (ENLACE) and Students Providing Awareness, Resources and Knowledge to Start college (SPARKS). Her research interests include Diversity and Equity in Education, Ethnic and Class Relations and Educational Access. Her professional goal is to become a university professor and contribute to the often neglected issues of educational inequalities among underrepresented and underserved students.