Dr. Andre Guerrero
Dr. Andre Guerrero has dedicated his career to advancing educational equity and supporting marginalized communities. Beginning with his work with migrant Mexican American children in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Dr. Guerrero has designed curriculum for language minority students, served as a foundation officer, directed a graduate program in education at Antioch College, and was Commissioner of Spanish Speaking Affairs for Ohio. He also served two terms as a VISTA volunteer in the 1960s.For the last twenty-five years of his career, Dr. Guerrero was the state director for Programs for Language Minority Students at the Arkansas Department of Education. He is most proud of the personal notes and photos from teachers who completed the ESL Graduate Academy training he established, which equipped over 2,200 Arkansas public school teachers with ESL endorsements from 2000 to 2014.