CREDENTIALS:

• Ph.D., Educational Management, Philippine Women's University
• Ed.D., English Second Other Language, Northcentral University (Calif.)
• Ed.D., Education, California Coast University
• M.Ed., Language and Literacy, University of Guam
• BAE, Early Childhood/Elementary Education, University of Guam 

ABOUT

Dr. Rivera, a UOG alumna, first joined the University of Guam as an adjunct professor in 2002.  She most recently served as an ESL Coordinator/Teacher for the Guam Department of Education for over 24 years.  She now serves as the Interim Program Chair for the Reading Master’s Program.  She is Past President of the Guam Council of the International Literacy Association (ILA), Guam Public Library System Board Member, D204 Lions Clubs International Reading Action Program Chair, USCG Auxiliary District 14 Division Staff Officer for Public Education, former AmeriCorps volunteer, past Chair and member of the Guam Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC), member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), member of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), lifetime member of the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), member of Ta Tuge’ Mo’na writing organization, as well as the webmaster for the Guam ILA, USCG Auxiliary Guam Flotilla, Pacific Islands Bilingual Bicultural Association (PIBBA), UOG-SOE Alumni Association, Ginen I Hila I Maga' Taotao Siha Association, Guam Nikkei Association, and Guahan Isan Famagu’on Lions Club.   Dr. Rivera holds a Guahan Commission for Educator Certification as a MASTER EDUCATOR in the following specializations:  Early Childhood Pre K-2, Elementary Education K-5. Reading K-12, and ESL K-12.