Dr. Yvette Regalado recently served as the director of curriculum and instruction for Catch the Next.

Grounded in her identity as an Indigenous Latina practitioner-scholar-activist, Dr. Regalado is deeply committed to advancing cultural and language pedagogy in postsecondary literacy instruction. Her research focuses on disrupting and dismantling the educational deficit narratives surrounding BIPOC students in K-16 classrooms.

Her research uses counterstorytelling to advocate for student success, restorative literacies, and Indigenous pedagogy. Along with her academic endeavors, she facilitates Coahuiltecan language and Ways of Knowing classes and serves as an educator in the Tānko Institute: Xinachtli Pedagogy. Dr. Regalado is dedicated to revitalizing our local Indigenous language in collaboration with the Indigenous Cultures Institute.  Her work creates counterspaces that promote a sense of belonging and unity. She recently won the 2024 Cynthia L. Peterson Outstanding JCRL Article Award. She is a Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Fellow, Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice Fellow, and Catch the Next Leadership Fellow.