Lewis Center for Educational Research

Dr. Patricia Caldwell spent 20 years in the California community college system where she served as a counselor, instructor, academic department chair, dean, Vice-President/Assistant Superintendent and Interim President.   She also has over 20 years experience as a consultant to community colleges, public agencies, nonprofits, and state and county fairs primarily in the areas of strategic planning, management and board training, and organizational development.  In addition to her professional activities, Pat has always been very committed to community service, serving on the Board of Directors of the Victor Valley Chamber, Victor Elementary School Board, Victor Valley College Foundation Board, and Desert Communities United Way Board.  Pat has a dual Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside in Politics of Higher Education and Management and Decision-making.  Additionally, she taught in the MBA program for the University of Redlands. Dr. Caldwell joined the Lewis Center for Educational Research Board of Directors in 2018.

Yolanda Carlos has over 30 years’ experience in early childhood education.  She has served as an instructor for Victor Valley Union High School District for 27 years and at Pacific Oaks College School of Education for 9 years as professor of the BA and MA Early Childhood Education degree programs. Professor Carlos holds a MA Ed in Early Childhood Education from Cambridge College.  She developed a (2021) micro credential: Social Emotional Learning and Cultural Identity for three CETYS campuses in Mexico and their Spanish speaking student teacher candidates. She has  presented over 5 TCS Globe Talks (2021) in partnership with STADIO South Africa University on COVID, Trauma, and other relevant topics; presented papers and workshops at State wide and international conferences: presenting at The Learner Scholar Conference, Belfast, Ireland Queen’s University on the topic of Anti-Bias through the Lens of the Practitioner (2019), Hong Kong International Conference on Education, Psychology, and Society (2018), China (2018) and California focusing on STEAM specialization developed for educators and a specialization in Trauma for teachers at the World Forum (2017).  Yolanda has also served in the non-profit community based organization, “A Better Way” as a parenting instructor and as a board member.  Yolanda joined the Lewis Center for Educational Research Board of Directors in 2022.

Dr. Omari Onyango is the owner and CEO of Palmdale Family Dental & Orthodontics. He has been the 1st Elder/administrator of SDA Fellowship of Rancho Cucamonga since 2006. He has served  as chair of the Kenya American Association for two terms and was a researcher at Center for Dental Research, School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University. Previously, he served as a note taker for the Board of Directors for Alliance for Multicultural Community Services in Houston.  He was also a college Professor in the Department Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, where he taught courses in Health Services Management and Health Care Administration.  He also coordinated an international course for the training of Health Care Administrators for the continent of Africa.  Dr. Onyango graduated with a DDS in 1985 and Masters in Public Health in 1988 from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He comes from a family of teachers.  Dr. Omari joined the Lewis Center for Educational Research Board of Directors in 2018.

Sharon Page is the owner/operator of The HR Edge in Victorville, California providing Human Resource consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses and organizations in the High Desert and Inland Empire. Sharon Page is an active member of both the IE SHRM and PiHRA Inland Valley chapters of the Society for Human Resource Management. She graduated from CSU, Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Science and Services and holds both the SPHR and SHRM-SCP certifications. Ms. Page joined the Lewis Center for Educational Research Board of Directors in 2018.