Alonso Reyna Rivarola

Alonso Reyna Rivarola

él/he Director, PACE Programs, Salt Lake Community College

Alonso R. Reyna Rivarola (él/he) is a practitioner-scholar, and director of PACE Programs at Salt Lake Community College, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Alonso migrated to Utah when he was 11 years of age. His experiences growing up queer and undocumented in Utah inform his passion for supporting historically marginalized communities while holding social institutions accountable. His research is concerned with PK-20 schooling practices and illegality. Alonso graduated from the University of Utah with an Honors B.S. in Sociology and an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership & Policy with an emphasis in higher education administration.