Dr. Cynthia Davis-Vanloo has over 35 years of experience in early childhood education and related fields including working with children and adults with disabilities in classroom and residential settings, early childhood education (ECE) and center management, casework and counseling with children and families, parent education, American Sign Language interpreting, childcare regulation, and ECE training and coaching.  She has served as part-time faculty in the Early Childhood Education Department at North Seattle College for over 10 years.  

Cynthia holds a doctoral degree in Education (EdD) with a concentration in curriculum, teaching, learning and leadership.  Through her professional, educational, and personal experiences she continues to develop as a critical social justice practitioner and educator through critical and critical race lenses.  As an educator she encourages others to think critically about how they participate in sustaining systems of racism, bias and inequity. She also invites others to reflect on how they might engage and nurture children’s and families’ love of learning in ways that increase equitable opportunities and meet the needs of all children and families in co-learning environments.  This is a reciprocal process that helps her think critically, reflect on her own critical learning and evolve her teaching pedagogy toward liberatory practices.