Cynthia Maribel Alcantar Doctoral Candidate, UCLA

Cynthia Maribel Alcantar is a Doctoral Candidate in Social Science and Comparative Education and Research Associate for the Institute for Immigration, Globalization, and Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Additionally, she currently serves as a Visiting Professor of Sociology at Pitzer College. Her research broadly focuses on issues of college access and degree attainment for underrepresented student populations. Cynthia’s research interests stem from her experiences as daughter of Mexican immigrants and growing up in the City of Riverside. Prior to joining UCLA, Cynthia earned her master’s degree in Higher Education from Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and her bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from the University of California, Riverside (UCR). She also worked as a Coordinator and Interim Director of Upward Bound at Norco Community College and as a Graduate Advisor and Faculty for the McNair Scholars Program at CGU.