Sara Castro-Olivo
University of California, Riverside
The 2011-12 Faculty Seed Grant was awarded to Sara Castro-Olivo, an assistant professor in School Psychology at UC Riverside's Graduate School of Education. The grant supports initial stages of research.
Born and raised in El Salvador, Castro-Olivo came to the United States at 14 and experienced firsthand the social and emotional impact of being an immigrant and English language learner, which impacts her FUERSAS research project. She has more than nine years' experience working as a bilingual parent trainer and coach. Castro-Olivo's research focuses on promoting social-emotional and academic resiliency among culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
Castro-Olivo received her Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Oregon. She received her master's in special education from the same university.
PROJECT TITLE
Facilitating Universal Emotional Resiliency for the Social and Academic Success (FUERSAS) of Latino Students
