Dr. Patricia Crain de Galarce

Speech Title: The Pedagogy of Possibility: Every Learner, Every Voice

Lesley University, Center for Inclusive Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Patricia Crain de Galarce is an educational leader who has taught special, elementary, bilingual, international, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral learners. She is currently the Director of the Center for Inclusive Education at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA where she leads the Lesley Institute for Trauma-Sensitivity. She has the honor of serving on several boards including Massachusetts Reading Association, Social Science Education Consortium, Inquiring Minds, and E.W. Stokes, her former trilingual immersion elementary school in Washington, DC. Patricia has been recognized for her compassionate leadership in education and was also awarded the Washington Post Principal of the Year. Dr. Crain de Galarce champions transformative, inclusive education grounded in love, belonging, and the belief in every learner’s capacity to thrive.