LaCher Pacheco

LaCher Pacheco is from New Mexico. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education with a focus on children's & young adult literature and environmental & sustainability education. Her research focuses on reader response theory with her advisor, Dr. Kathy Short. LaCher is also a School Garden Workshop Intern who collaborates with K-12 teachers and students. 

LaCher worked at the American Indian Language Policy Research and Teacher Training Center at the University of New Mexico and a Title One school in Albuquerque. She graduated from Fort Lewis College with an MA in Cultural and Linguistically Diverse Education.  In 2024-2025 LaCher worked as a graduate assistant for the Indigenous Resilience Center (IRes). Her research, funded by NSF, focused on career pathways in food, energy, and water systems with and within Native American communities (Native FEWS Alliance).