天美传媒

Latina/o studies, Social Determinants of Health, Adult Literacy education, Education of Latina/o students

Ph.D. Sociology, Northeastern University

M.A. Sociology (concentration in Gender Studies), Northeastern University

B.S.  Elementary Education, DePaul University

State of Illinois Teaching License K-9, Social Studies & Language Arts

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books

Rivera, L. and Colon, M. Eds. (In press, 2025) Critical Perspectives on Latino Education in Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Press.

Rivera, L. (2008). Laboring to Learn: Women’s Literacy and Poverty in the Post-Welfare Era. University of Illinois Press. Winner of 2009 Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature.

Journal Articles

Hohn, M. and Rivera, L. (2019). Journal of Health Literacy Research and Practice. 3(3 Suppl) S25-S32.

Saltmarsh, J. Warren, M. Krueger-Henney, P. Rivera, L., Fleming, R. Haig-Friedman, D. and M. Uriarte. (2015). Diversity and Democracy. V18 (1). Pp. 12-15.

Fletcher,K., H.G. Prigerson, E. Paulk, J. Temel, E. Finlay, L. Marr, R. McCorkle, L. Rivera, F.Munoz, P. Maciejewski. (2013). Journal of Supportive Oncology. v11(3):126-32.

Wright, A., H. Stieglitz, Y. Kupersztoch, M. Paulk, Y. Kim, I. Katz, F. Munoz, R. Jimenez, J. Mutchler, L. Rivera, A. Back, H. G. Prigerson. (2013). PLoS ONE. v 8(3):e58663.

Jimenez R., Zhang, B., Joffe, S., Nilsson, M., Rivera, L., Mutchler, J., Lathan, C., Paulk, E., Prigerson, H.. (2013). Journal of Palliative Medicine. v 16 (3): 1-8.

Balboni, T. A., Maciejewski, P. K., Balboni, M. J., Enzinger, A. C., Paulk, M. E., Munoz, F., Rivera, L. (2013). ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings. v31 (15): 6529.

Rivera, L. and N. Lavan. (2012). Journal of Latinos and Education v11 (4). 24 pages.

Research and Professional Reports

Rivera, L., Granberry, P., Ortiz-Wythe, B., and Borges, M. (2024). Gastón Institute Publications. 312.

Vega Martinez, J., Torres-Ardila, F., Rivera, L. and Sunday, M. (2023). (2023). Gastón Institute Publications. 311.

Rivera, L., Agarwal, V., and Granberry, P. (2022). Gastón Institute Publications. 291.

Torres-Ardila, F., Rivera, L., Rojas-Pion, C., Bravo, D. and Chavez, H. (2021). Gaston Institute Publications.

Torres-Ardila, F., Bravo, D., Chavez, H., Rivera, L., (2020). Gastón Institute Publications.

Mutchler, J., Coyle, C., Velasco-Roldan, V., Woods, C., Rivera,L., Watanabe, P., Swan, Q. (2020). Gerontology Institute Publications.

Rivera, L., Granberry, P., Estrada-Martínez, L., Uriarte, M., Siqueira, E.,Linde-Arias, A., and Bacigalupe, G. (2020). (2020). Gastón Institute Publications.

Rivera, L. (2019). In Changing Faces of Greater Boston. Schuster, et. al. pp 51-60. Boston Foundation.

Granberry, P., Mattos, T., and Rivera, L. (2018). Gastón Institute Publications.

CURRENT PROJECTS

Co-Principal Investigator. University Assisted Community Schools Partnership with Ruth Batson Academy, Boston Public Schools and College of Education & Human Development.

Principal Investigator. Boston Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR). Funded by Centers for Disease Control. Boston Public Health Commission. Award No. 1 NU58DP007013-01-00.

Principal Investigator. Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19. Funded by Office of Minority Health. Boston Public Health Commission. Award No: 1 CPIMP211244-01-00.

Co-Principal Investigator. Funded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States. G19A112846250.

Principal Investigator. Talented and Gifted Latino Program and Proyecto Alerta 5^th Quarter Summer Learning Academy. Funded by Boston Public Schools, Boston After School & Beyond.

I am the author of the award-winning book, Laboring to Learn: Women’s Literacy & Poverty in the Post-Welfare Era (2008, University of Illinois Press). I am co-editor of the book, Critical Perspectives on Latino Education in Massachusetts (forthcoming, 2025, UMass Press). My research has been funded by the Society for the Study of Social Problems, the National Academy of Education, the Spencer Foundation, National Center for Family Literacy, and National Institutes on Health. Currently, I am working on the Latinx Student Success Initiative, a partnership with Bunker Hill Community College, to improve retention and graduation rates for Latinx 天美传媒 students. I manage the Talented & Gifted (TAG) Latino and Proyecto Alerta afterschool and summer learning academies that serve Latinx bilingual students in the Boston Public Schools. I currently serve on the Board of Trustees for the Anna B Stearns Charitable Foundation, Board of Trustees at Fenway High School, the Advisory Board for the Center to Support Immigrant Organizing and the Executive Board of Directors for the Inter-University Programs on Latino Research. My leadership has been recognized by several awards including: “50 Most Influential People of Color in Higher Education,” “Latinx Amplifier Award,” and the “Talented And Gifted Latino Champion Award.” In 2019, I was inducted as an Honorary Member of Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society. I have been a featured guest and writer in newspapers, radio, and television, most recently appearing on GBH's Basic Black and Under the Radar. My family is from Puerto Rico, and I am a proud alumnus of the Latino Leadership Opportunity Program.

RECENT MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Quoted in Boston Globe. July 15, 2024.

Quoted in Boston Globe. May 8, 2024.

Featured Guest. Basic Black. GBH. November 10, 2023.

Featured Guest. Under the Radar. GBH. 89.7FM. October 2, 2023.

Quoted in Bay State Banner: September 20, 2023.

Quoted in Boston Globe: effort in country.” August 21, 2023.

Quoted in Boston Globe: June 24, 2023.

Featured Interview, and by Blanca Bonilla. March 25, 2023.

Quoted in: GBH News. January 27, 2023.

Featured Panelist. “The State of Race: The Latino Housing Crisis.” GBH World. January 26, 2023.

Quoted in Boston Globe. October 11, 2022.

Featured Interview. Under the Radar, GBH, 89.7 FM. July 22, 2022.

Featured Discussant. May 12, 2022.

Featured Interview. Greater Boston, GBH News May 17, 2022.