Jairo Ledesma

Jairo Ledesma is a tenured track Instructor of sociology and history at Miami Dade College. He specializes in social and urban history, with a focus on school desegregation in South Miami-Dade County. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Communications from St. John’s University, a Master of Arts in Sociology from the same institution, and a Master of Arts in History from Florida International University (FIU).

In 2020, Ledesma completed the Carnegie Mellon Humanities Edge Faculty Fellowship and was honored as Service Faculty of the Year at the MDC Homestead campus. His research integrates sociological and historical perspectives to examine educational equity and urban development.

No specific articles or grants are listed in the provided text, but his work aligns with themes of public history, policy analysis, and community engagement.