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UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies is home to two departments. Each is a leader in their field, helping to pioneer what's next in the Education and Information worlds.

UCLA Ed&IS faculty are at the forefront of their fields, addressing issues of equality, access and social justice in the fields of education and information. Their scholarship has an international reputation for excellence and commitment to addressing the most critical issues facing our society.

An ecosystem of K-12 teaching schools where UCLA partners to develop, study, share, and advance innovative best practices.

The work at UCLA Ed&IS is guided by the principles of individual responsibility and social justice, an ethic of caring, and commitment to the communities we serve. Learn more about our mission and values, our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our faculty and students, our history and more.

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Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are defining features of UCLA Ed&IS and we embrace them as a source of strength.

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Department of Information Studies 2023 Information Sessions

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B.A. Political Science, Minor Environmental Studies

Amanda Pardo (she/her/hers)

Jessica Fox (she/her)

Curriculum Vitae

LinkedIn | quinteros.teach@gmail.com | (323) 523-6397

Lesley J Quinteros (she/her)


LinkedIn | mbranch@vistacharterps.org | (636) 219-5106

M.Ed. Elementary Education; TESOL certification, University of Missouri - Saint Louis, Aug. 2015 - May 2020

Sino-American Bridge for Education and Health Fellow, Hangzhou, China, Jun-Aug 2019

"We Transform the School Experience" Award, Vista Charter Public Schools

Meredith Branch (she/her/hers)

Sandra Proano Montanez

susanne.nagata@gmail.com | (310) 998-7005