Mario Echeverria

Dr. Mario Echeverria (he/him/él) was born in El Salvador and immigrated to Los Angeles in 1985. He has over 21 years of experience of working in the juvenile incarceration system, mental health, education, and nonprofit/for-profit sector. Throughout his career, he has founded his own middle school through the KIPP network, started his own consulting company focusing on leadership coaching, and completed his Ph.D. in Education for Social Justice. His dissertation and research focuses on Latinx educators, supporting their retention, progression, and deconstructing their identities to support being their most authentic selves. Most recently, he worked as the Director of Engagements for the Equity Lab, which focuses on organizational and leadership change through Race, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion frameworks, content, and co-constructed experiential learning opportunities. Mario is currently working on research on anti-racism pedagogy, Latino male educator hiring, retention, and promotion strategies, and identity-based coaching focused on liberation. In addition, Mario teaches courses on culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy, principalship courses on identity and advocacy, and teacher prep on creation of culture in classrooms. 

Mario enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, caddying for his daughter’s golf tournaments, adding to the stockpile of unfinished books, watching movies, and always learning.