Inclusive Education Episodes

Our guest, Dr. Jacqueline Rodriguez , serves as the Chief Executive Officer at the National Center for Learning Disabilities , where she leads a team at the forefrontof the learning disabilities rights movement. Her unwavering passion for promoting learning accessibility and equitable assessments drives the center’s efforts in developing impactful strategies, forging partnerships, making policy recommendations, and conducting research to improve the lives of individuals with learning disabilitie...

Our guest, Xiomara J. Giordano , is Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at SUNY Empire . Xiamara holds a Master of Science in Educational Policy and Leadership with a focus on Higher Education from the State University of New York at Albany and received her BA in Spanish and Portuguese Literature from Smith College . Previously, Xiomara worked at Bennington College, where she made significant contributions to the field of Diversity, Equity, an...

Our guest, Aashna Khurana , is a PhD student at The Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch School of Education and Human Development , Boston College . Aashna is a contributor to the 2025 ICSEI Dialogic. She shares her insights on “Systems Change Efforts for Inclusive Education: Lessons from Effective Districts (AUDIO).” This Inspirational Short was recorded during the 2025 International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement in Melbourne Australia. The 2025 ICSEI Dialogic centers the work o...