Biography

Dr. Paula Bañuelos has been an educator since 2005. She was a paraprofessional, classroom teacher, instructional coach, program evaluator, reading specialist and now a lecturer in Early Childhood Educaton at Metropolitan State University of Denver. . Born in Denver, she graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor of arts in art history, a master’s degree in culturally and linguistically diverse education from the University of Colorado Boulder and a doctorate in educational leadership with a focus on Latinx communities from University of Colorado Denver. Her research interests include early childhood education, Montessori education in the public sector and trauma-informed behavior systems during and post covid.