Biography

Margaret Yvette Rizzo received a M.A. in History from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Sul Ross State University. She has been an instructor in the field of education for the past thirty years. She teaches U.S. History courses at Texas A&M San Antonio. Her field of research centers on the educational inequities experienced by Latino students in Texas, analyzing how public policies from the early twentieth century to the present have perpetuated disparities rooted in historical segregation, discriminatory practices, and systemic inequities.