Jessica Leila Carranza

Jessica Leila Carranza is a Ph.D. student in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, concentrating in K-12 Education Policy. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare & Spanish: Hispanic Languages and Bilingual Issues, with a minor in Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She obtained a Master of Education from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to attending USC, she was a bilingual elementary school teacher in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. Her research interests include bilingual education, English learners, juvenile justice, and mental health in K-12 education.

Barbara Jackson Scholar, University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA)

Associate Program Fellow, Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT), Phillips Academy      

Dean’s Scholar, Televisa Foundation Education Fund for Graduate Student Research on Bilingual Education, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies University of  California, Los Angeles

Dean’s Scholar, Lula Haven Hazelton Fellowship & Hearst Fellowship, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Ronald E. McNair Scholar, University of California, Berkeley

• Kim, Elizabeth Bo-Kyung, Burch, Patricia, Carranza, Jessica L., De Leon, Jessenia, and Huerta, Adrian. “Racialized Organizations and Social-Emotional Learning Initiatives in Juvenile Court Schools.” USC Rossier Center on Education Policy, Equity and Governance (CEPEG). January 2022.  
• Jimenez-Castellanos, Oscar, Kelly, Matthew G., and Carranza, Jessica L. “Pre- and Post-Serrano:  Systemic Racism, School Funding Disparities and Mexican-American Communities.” Education Law & Policy Review. October 2021.
• Carranza, J. L. (2018). Discovering Pride and Enthusiasm at a Dual Immersion School. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 14(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/D4141032944 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3n68b8qd  
• Carranza, Jessica L. and Aguilera, Adrian. “Latinos and Diabetes Education in Northern California.” The Berkeley McNair Research Journal. April 2014.