Author Bio Dr. Rita Suh:

Dr. Rita Suh is an educator in Southern California. As an educator, she has held many roles: classroom teacher, intervention teacher, literacy coach, special projects TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment) and an educational therapist for students with learning disabilities. She is currently an adjunct professor at CSU Long Beach in the Department of Teacher Education and Department of Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling. 

In addition to teaching at CSULB, she is the Lead Coach in the Culture and Equity Project at UCLA Center X and an Instructional Leader at Project Social Justice through Language, Literacy and Leadership at UCLA Center X. She provides professional development trainings to expand educators’ knowledge of how to empower their students and use students’ cultural and linguistic capital as an asset in the classroom. She works with educators to critique dominant beliefs and norms so that their classrooms and schools are places where the culture of those who are typically underserved are sustained and centered.

As a result of her many roles, she has garnered expertise in training educators, building professional relationships, increasing engagement, and helping educators use culturally and linguistically responsive approaches to ultimately increase student achievement. She has been a reviewer for American Educational Research Association (AERA) for several years and has presented research and professional development for districts, universities, and research and teaching conferences.