The Transformational Nature of our Work: An Interview with Karen Aceves, Amparo Diaz, and Guadalupe Pinto

Authors

  • Nan Travers
  • Alan Mandell

Abstract

This interview explores how competency-based education and learning recognition can serve as transformative tools for equity, access, and economic mobility. Nan Travers and Alan Mandell speak with Karen Aceves, Amparo Diaz, and Guadalupe Pinto about statewide policy innovation in California and the development of a groundbreaking Ag Tech workforce program rooted in the lived realities of farmworkers in the Central San Joaquin Valley.

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Published

2026-01-08

Issue

No. 9 (2025): PLA Responses to Urgent Social Realities: Access to Education and Work for Refugee, Migrant, Displaced, and Stateless People

Section

Interviews

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How to Cite

The Transformational Nature of our Work: An Interview with Karen Aceves, Amparo Diaz, and Guadalupe Pinto. (2026). PLA Inside Out: An International Journal on Theory, Research and Practice in Prior Learning Assessment, 9(9). https://plaio.org/index.php/home/article/view/335