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Though the percentage of Hispanics in universities continues to grow, few Hispanic women/Latinas advance into leadership positions; instead, many are constrained by a glass ceiling. Therefore, the voices and experiences of those that have overcome these barriers in higher education are pivotal stories to be told. Ranging from the perceptions of these women's journeys to leadership, to an understanding of the barriers they encounter, to the question of their access to the resources they need, each factor is a critical component to understanding Hispanic women/Latinas in the higher education atmosphere. Comprehensive research in this area is needed to explore the themes of identity in terms of racial/ethic identification, social perception, and gender, along with systemic themes on the institutional level regarding the recruitment, retention, and promotion of a diverse higher education administration. Hispanic Women/Latina Leaders Overcoming Barriers in Higher Education explores the recruitment, promotion, retention process, and the barriers and resilience needed for Hispanic women/Latinas in higher education leadership roles. The chapters use data collected via a qualitative, phenomenological research study including open-ended interviews, field notes, biographical questionnaires, and a researcher's reflective journal. While covering topics surrounding these women's experiences such as identity themes, self-identification, institutional shortcomings, and valuable support systems, this book is ideally intended for Latina educators, informing legislators, educational officials, and higher education administrators along with practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in institutional equality, female empowerment, and Hispanic women/Latinas' journey in higher education.

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Daisy Indira Barrón is a first-generation Mexican American who was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She has two fully bilingual and bicultural children. She studied a bachelor's in information technology at the Universidad de Guadalajara campus, LAMAR. Barrón holds a bachelor's degree in mass communication and Spanish from Evangel University, a master's in art in teaching with an emphasis in Spanish from Missouri State University, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has a TESOL certificate from Cambridge University. Dr. Barrón has taught Pk-master level classes. She has taught multicultural education and diversity for eight years, supervised the Spanish department at Southwest Baptist University, managed a grant with Missouri State University's School of Social Work, and the Department of Human Services to provide services for Latinos in Southwest Missouri; and for the last 18 years has served in diverse Hispanic/Latino community-based and educational organizations in their board of directors. She is an interpreter and translator and has been part of the bilingual programs with the Greene County libraries in Springfield, MO. She is the editor and contributor of the book A Perspective of Multicultural Education and Diversity y.

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