Josie Bustos-Pelayo 

Board Member
Fresno, CA
She/her/ella
jbustospelayo@janeaddamspeace.org

Josie Bustos-Pelayo has been an educator for the past 26 years. She is currently an Instructional Coach in English Language Development for Hanford Elementary School District and is a part time Adjunct Faculty for California State University, Fresno in the Department of Literacy, Early, Bilingual and Special Education (LEBSE). Focusing on culturally and linguistically relevant pedagogy, STEAM, dual immersion, second language acquisition, and ethnic studies. Furthermore, she has served on a couple of national children’s book award selection committees: The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Selection Committee, California Reads Selection Committee for California Teachers Association.  As a Reforma member (The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking) and American Library Association (ALA) member she served on the 2019 Pura Belpre selection committee. Ms. Bustos has a Bachelor in Spanish Literature, with a minor in Education from the University California Santa Cruz, a Master’s in Multilingual-Multicultural Education from California State University, Fresno. She has presented at multiple local and national conferences such as the Equity and Human Rights Conference put on by California Teachers Association (CTA), California Association of Bilingual Educators (CABE), The Cesar Chavez Conference at Fresno State, Annual Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Conference (ATDLE), California Reading and Literacy Project (CRLP), Central California World Languages Program (CCWLP) and the National Council of Teachers of English. Her commitment to education and children is to inspire a love for multicultural/multilingual literacy, learning, and culture. She resides in California surrounded by books, her partner, 2 teen children and 3 rambunctious cats.