20+ year of experience in Educational Services, Equitable SEL & Diversity.
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About Roberto
Roberto Rivera
Roberto Rivera Ph.D, connects positive youth development to equity, Equitable SEL and equitable community development using culturally sensitive pedagogy in his Educational Services. He has spent over ten years in community-based youth development work in Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Chicago. Labeled an “at-risk student” with learning disa
Roberto Rivera Ph.D, connects positive youth development to equity, Equitable SEL and equitable community development using culturally sensitive pedagogy in his Educational Services. He has spent over ten years in community-based youth development work in Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Chicago. Labeled an “at-risk student” with learning disabilities as a teen and overcame those labels to earn a college degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that he created, and a master’s degree in Youth Development from University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed his PhD in Educational Psychology with a focus on equitable SEL. with the University of Ilinois - Chicago. He served as a Research Collaborator for CASEL and as a predoctoral fellow with the Social and Emotional Learning Research Group at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ever committed to Diversity, Roberto was named one of the “Top Young Change Agents in America” by Search for Common Ground Coalition, he strives toward revolutionizing the way organizations, from schools to corporations, can benefit through the use of more equitable practices. Roberto was named 2018 Forward Under 40 Award Recipient by University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work is part of a permanent exhibit in the Illinois Holocaust Museum under their “Upstander” Exhibit, along with other education and civil rights leaders. He is a loving husband and proud father of three boys: Phoenix, Justice and Lorenzo.