Kenia Cueto, Ph.D.
Business Partnership & Innovation Specialist

Bio:
Dr. Kenia Cueto is the Business Partnership and Innovation Specialist at North Orange County ROP. She serves as a catalyst for establishing, strengthening, and leveraging partnerships with the private and public sectors including businesses, community groups, educational institutions, foundations, government agencies/officials and partner school Districts in order to provide high quality, innovative Career Technical Education (CTE) programs and opportunities to over 16,000 adult and high school students in five school districts.

Dr. Cueto has garnered respect as a scholar, researcher, author, and presenter. Her partnership expertise helps her connect with industry leaders and stakeholders within all levels of education (K-12, community college, and university). Her experience facilitates her ability to secure diverse funding for educational projects, connect industry partners with key academic stakeholders, bring CTE awareness throughout the community, and create transformational partnerships.

She holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree from Cal State University Long Beach and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership. Dr. Cueto also holds a Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy Education in Cultural and Curricular Studies from Chapman University. She completed three years of research with Chapman University and one year of dissertation research in the area of Community-University Partnerships.

Dr. Cueto is fluent in English and Spanish.

Phone: 714-502-5838
Cell: 714-801-9888

North Orange County ROP
385 N. Muller Street
Anaheim, CA 92801-5455
www.nocrop.org

WORK-BASED LEARNING
ROP is committed to the belief that students learn best through hands-on learning experiences that provide the opportunity to learn skills not available in regular classroom programs.

FOCUSED CURRICULUM
For every ROP course, approximately 7.6 businesses serve on local advisory boards to support a rigorous approach in developing industry-approved curriculum that is relevant in today's economy.

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
Local businesses help ROP by providing learning sites and making sure that classrooms are equipped with modern, industry-standard technology. In return, ROP provides businesses with a qualified workforce.


REGIONAL DELIVERY
ROP closely studies labor trends to ensure programs fit the local workforce needs of a community and to ensure ROP students have an opportunity to secure employment or receive advanced training upon completing a program.