Email:  SMALDONADO@HOSTOS.CUNY.EDU 
 
 

Office Number: A- 107H

Office Tel: (718) 518-4462

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Dr. Sonia Maldonado Torres was born in Puerto Rico and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras. She possesses two Masters’ degrees—one in Guidance and Counseling from the Catholic University of Puerto Rico, and a second one in Educational Psychology from SUNY at Albany. She completed a doctoral degree in Education and Leadership from Fielding University in California. In 1996 she moved to New York City and began working at Hostos Community College (HCC) spending fifteen (15) years of her academic career working as an academic counselor in the Division of SDEM. In 2011, Dr. Maldonado Torres joined the Teachers Education Unit where she is currently working as an Assistant Professor. Some of the courses she imparts within the Unit are: Introduction to Education, Social Studies and Language Arts for Bilingual Students, Multicultural Education, Special Education, and Creative Arts among others. Two (2) years ago Dr. Maldonado Torres was appointed to the Simón Bolívar Foundation Board- a foundation which finality is to support the development of the South Bronx Community by donating to different non for profit organizations. 

Dr. Maldonado Torres has published her research work in different reputable journals and had served as editor in Journals such as Journal of Latinos in Education and the Journal of Hispanics in Higher Education. Her research interests are mainly focused on 1) Latino students’ learning styles, 2) Students’ graduation and retention, 3) English Language Learners (ELL), and 4) Multiculturalism. She has presented her researcher findings in National and International Conferences such as the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and in different colleges and universities around the nation.