Manuel Escamilla

Dr. Manuel Escamilla is currently the director of the BUENO Equity Assistance Center for Region VII at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Kansas and has been a professor of Bilingual Education in California and Arizona. He served as the assistant vice president of Student Affairs at the University of Arizona and at Metropolitan State College of Denver. He has also directed Head Start programs in Denver, Conejos-Costilla County, and Huerfano-Las Animas Counties in Colorado.