Alejandro BenavidesAlejandro Benavides was born and lived in southern Texas until age six when his family migrated in 1950 to Aurora, Illinois, where he grew up. After graduated from East Aurora High School, he served in the U.S. Air Force. He holds an AS in sociology rom Waubonsee Community College, a BS in special education from Northern Illinois University, an MA in education from National Lewis University, and a PhD in educational leadership from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. His career included bilingual teacher; bilingual education specialist; and bilingual special education administrator and special education due-process hearing compliance specialist for the Chicago Public Schools. He served as Superintendent of the Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education and Director of Secondary and Middle Schools for the Aurora East Public School District. In addition to publishing several academic articles in educational journals as well as his doctoral dissertation, Alejandro wrote the 50-year commemorative issue of Aquí Es Mi Tierra: The History of the Aurora Latin American Club. His forthcoming books are titled: Everyone Has a Story: The Early Immigration and Migration of People from Mexican Ancestry to Aurora, Illinois, Volumes I & II, The Hispanic Big Bang: La Hispanidad, and the historical novel Olivia-The Boxcar Girl. Read More Read Less
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