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Friday ’s Agenda
July 22, 2016
Second General Session and Luncheon
11:15 am to 2:15 pm 11:15 am to 2:15 pm
General Session & Keynote Address Tucson Ballroom
by: Luis F. Cruz, PhD
Dr. Luis F. Cruz
Biography About Dr. Luis F. Cruz
Note: The First and Second General Session will Luis F. Cruz, PhD, is former principal of Baldwin Park High
School, located east of Los Angeles, California. He has
begin promptly at 11:15 a.m. with luncheon service been a teacher and administrator at the elementary, mid-
followed by keynote program speakers. Attendees dle, and high school levels. Dr. Cruz presents on methods
are requested to be on time and to stay for the en- from the best-selling book Transforming School Culture by
tire session to minimize disruption. Anthony Muhammad.
In 2007, Dr. Cruz led a collective effort to secure a
$250,000 grant for Baldwin Park from the California Aca-
demic Partnership Program for the purpose of effectively
utilizing “courageous leadership” to promote a more equi-
table and effective organization.
Since becoming a public school educator, Dr. Cruz has
won the New Teacher of the Year, Teacher of the Year,
Administrator of the Year, and other community leadership
awards. He and a committee of teacher leaders at Baldwin
Park received California’s prestigious Golden Bell Award
from the California School Boards Association for signifi-
cantly closing the achievement gap between the general
student population and students learning English as a
second language.
As a recipient of the Hispanic Border Leadership Institute’s
fellowship for doctoral studies, he earned a doctorate in
institutional leadership and policy studies from the Uni-
versity of California Riverside. He earned an associate’s
degree from Mount San Antonio Community College, a
bachelor’s degree from California State University, Ful-
lerton, and a master’s degree from Claremont Graduate
University.
