Andrea Mercado
Professional Learning Facilitator
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Andrea Mercado is a Professional Learning Specialist at WIDA who develops and facilitates professional learning for educators serving bilingual and multilingual learners. Her work is informed by more than 20 years of experience in education, including roles in bilingual instruction, curriculum development, teacher leadership and consulting across diverse school communities.
Andrea is a heritage Spanish speaker and second-generation Colombian American, bringing that lived perspective to her work in Spanish-English bilingual education. She holds graduate degrees in Communication and Journalism from the University of Maine and Foreign Language Education/TESOL from Florida International University.
Andrea is a heritage Spanish speaker and second-generation Colombian American, bringing that lived perspective to her work in Spanish-English bilingual education. She holds graduate degrees in Communication and Journalism from the University of Maine and Foreign Language Education/TESOL from Florida International University.