Tracy Vasquez, Ph. D., Director of ALA Vistancia K-5, brings a wealth of knowledge to the role, with over 20 years of experience in education, performing administrative, faculty, and leadership roles. This included supervising and providing intensive instruction and remediation to student teachers, supporting clinical practice functions, advancing professional development for faculty, and designing preparation for educator examinations. She recently served on the faculty at ACU and GCU, as well as Director in the Phoenix area. She also previously served as manager for the Canyon Center for Character Education at GCU, funded by the Kern Family Foundation, with oversight of the development, implementation, and progress of the center. Her research includes character education, online communities, virtual supervision, teacher education, and instructional strategies, English Language Learners, instructional technology, and servant leadership.

Her teaching career began in Phoenix, where she met her husband, Richard. She taught middle school science and primary grades before earning her Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, with an Emphasis in Technology from Grand Canyon University. Tracy received her Ph.D. in Psychology, with an Emphasis in Integrating Technology, Learning, and Psychology from Grand Canyon University. For her undergraduate studies, she attended Pepperdine University, near her hometown of Thousand Oaks, CA, where she completed her Bachelor’s degree and earned her teaching certificate.