Jessica Miguel

Dr. Jessica Miguel is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Herr Research Center at Erikson Institute. Her research broadly focuses on Spanish-speaking, Latine children and families employing critical and sociocultural frameworks to examine how dis/abilities, culture, and language impact access to education and educational spaces. Jessica received her Ph.D. in Education from the University of California San Diego; her dissertation examined the parental engagement practices and beliefs of Mexican-heritage families raising autistic children. Currently Jessica supports home-based child care research with a particular focus on Spanish-speaking communities engaging in Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) care and Non-Traditional hour child care. She brings to her research agenda over 10 years of experience in the classroom as a teacher and paraeducator, having taught in K-12 classrooms, international settings, parent education courses, and undergraduate courses. Her research has been published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, AERA Open, and the Journal of Latinos and Education. Jessica received her M.A. in Education, Multilingual Multicultural Education option from California State University Fresno and is a first-generation graduate, born and raised in California’s Central Valley to immigrant parents.