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Fall 2025
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Education:
B. A . California State University, Northridge
M.A. California State University, Northridge
M.A. Pepperdine University
Daughter of two Mexican Immigrants, Fabiola Torres was born at the French Hospital
in Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, USA. She has called The Department of Ethnic
Studies her home since 1998.
Teaching Philosophy:
I believe our brain must perceive our improvement, our increased ability to do something
better, before it begins to feel confident. My role is to help all my students improve
their learning and increase their cognitive stamina. My online & face-to-face courses
are designed to strengthen learning muscles so they can process content and produce
data-driven conclusions. Through personal feedback, I reframe mistakes as a source
of information about what needs adjusting in order to hit the target. I believe the
educational system has conditioned students to be scared of mistakes because they
think it says something about their intelligence. As a result, students may not push
for the next level of mastery. Therefore my presence, feedback and communication has
to focus on what strategies students can use to achieve the next level of mastery.
For further information, visit Ethnic Studies by Fabiola Torres
Teaching Philosophy:
I believe our brain must perceive our improvement, our increased ability to do something
better, before it begins to feel confident. My role
is to help all my students improve their learning and increase their cognitive stamina.
My online & face-to-face courses are designed to strengthen learning muscles so they
can process content and produce data-driven conclusions. Through personal feedback,
I reframe mistakes as a source of information about what needs adjusting in order
to hit the target. I believe the educational system has conditioned students to be
scared of mistakes because they think it says something about their intelligence.
As a result,
students may not push for the next level of mastery. Therefore my presence, feedback
and communication has to focus on what strategies students can level up mastery.
For further information, visit Ethnic Studies by Fabiola Torres
Teaching Philosophy:
I believe our brain must perceive our improvement, our increased ability to do something
better, before it begins to feel confident. My role
is to help all my students improve their learning and increase their cognitive stamina.
My online & face-to-face courses are designed to strengthen learning muscles so they
can process content and produce data-driven conclusions. Through personal feedback,
I reframe mistakes as a source of information about what needs adjusting in order
to hit the target. I believe the educational system has conditioned students to be
scared of mistakes because they think it says something about their intelligence.
As a result,
students may not push for the next level of mastery. Therefore my presence, feedback
and communication has to focus on what strategies students can level up mastery.
For further information, visit Ethnic Studies by Fabiola Torres
Teaching Philosophy:
I believe our brain must perceive our improvement, our increased ability to do something
better, before it begins to feel confident. My role
is to help all my students improve their learning and increase their cognitive stamina.
My online & face-to-face courses are designed to strengthen learning muscles so they
can process content and produce data-driven conclusions. Through personal feedback,
I reframe mistakes as a source of information about what needs adjusting in order
to hit the target. I believe the educational system has conditioned students to be
scared of mistakes because they think it says something about their intelligence.
As a result,
students may not push for the next level of mastery. Therefore my presence, feedback
and communication has to focus on what strategies students can level up mastery.
For further information, visit Ethnic Studies by Fabiola Torres
Teaching Philosophy:
I believe our brain must perceive our improvement, our increased ability to do something
better, before it begins to feel confident. My role
is to help all my students improve their learning and increase their cognitive stamina.
My online & face-to-face courses are designed to strengthen learning muscles so they
can process content and produce data-driven conclusions. Through personal feedback,
I reframe mistakes as a source of information about what needs adjusting in order
to hit the target. I believe the educational system has conditioned students to be
scared of mistakes because they think it says something about their intelligence.
As a result,
students may not push for the next level of mastery. Therefore my presence, feedback
and communication has to focus on what strategies students can level up mastery.
For further information, visit Ethnic Studies by Fabiola Torres
