Alegría Ribadeneira

Dr. Alegría Ribadeneira is a Professor at Colorado State University - Pueblo within the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. She specializes in Spanish language instruction, particularly for heritage and second language learners, and is dedicated to empowering students through culturally responsive education.

• Focuses on closing the Latino achievement gap
• Develops transferable academic skills for students
• Creator of open educational resources (OER) for Spanish instruction

Her research interests emphasize language pedagogy, educational equity for marginalized communities, and interdisciplinary approaches to linguistics and cultural studies. She plays a multifaceted role as educator, mentor, and advocate for first-generation students.

She has developed three open educational resources:

• Mixed HL/L2 Spanish Textbook
• Health and Wellbeing Spanish Textbook
• Linguistics Ultra Light Spanish Textbook