Maria Timmons Flores, Ph.D.
Professor, ELL / Bilingual Education Program
About
María Timmons Flores is a Professor in the ELL / Bilingual Education Program at Western Washington University. She directs the BRIDGES Program and Dare to Dream Academies. She played central roles in developing the Maestros Para el Pueblo Program, Minor in Education for Social Justice, and the Alternative Routes to Teaching for bilingual para educators. She has been a teacher, a principal, and curriculum developer. Before becoming a professor, Maria spent many years as an environmental educator working in the US and internationally, including in Baja California Sur. Maria’s work centers on culturally sustainable and environmental and social justice approaches; valuing language and culture as human rights as well as understanding and pushing back against systemic barriers that limit academic and life opportunities. Maria’s husband, Víctor, is a Mexican Artist and Marine Biologist and her dogs, Lila and Leo, were rescued from the streets of Todos Santos.