Introducing Cuentos de mi familia – Podcast Episode 247 | Classnotes Podcast 247
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Classnotes Podcast (November 25, 2024). María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, Ph.D., and her son Xavier Montecel, Ph.D., have embarked on an oral history project in the form of their own podcast, Cuentos de mi familia. In Episode 108, they focus on Cuca’s professional life with IDRA, which spanned 48 of IDRA’s now 51 years. For 26 of those years, she served as IDRA’s President & CEO. She is now President Emerita.
We are honored to share this specific episode with our Classnotes Podcast listeners. In this conversation, Cuca reflects on her professional life and the course of her career. She remembers what it was like to transition from her childhood in Laredo to young adulthood as a college student in San Antonio. She and Xavier talk about the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) and its vision to, as she says, create a world where all children have opportunities in life that come from a great education. She shares stories of what that work looked like and accomplished for students, families, teachers, and community advocates – all who care deeply about equity and excellence in public education.
Xavier is director of the graduate program and assistant professor of catholic theological and social ethics at St. Mary’s University.
Show length: 1:08:32 min.
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Resources
Cuentos de mi Familia, podcast series
Corazón, A Poem for María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, by Laurie Posner, MPA
Tribute video to Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, 2019
Reflections on IDRA Work Across 50 Years – A Story of Innovation, Connection and Faithfulness, by Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, 2023
Three Decades of Groundbreaking Dropout Research – Reflections by Dr. Robledo Montecel, interview by Bricio Vasquez, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletter, November-December 2018
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