Karina Zelaya

SCHOLAR AND LIFE COACH

Dr. Karina Zelaya is a Salvadoran immigrant, scholar, and certified Life and Success Coach with nearly three decades of teaching experience across secondary, college, and graduate education. She holds a PhD from UC Davis, specializing in Central American–Salvadoran literature and cultural production. She teaches in the Central American & Transborder Studies Dept. at California State University, Northridge, and her research focuses on Central American literature, cultural identity, and community outreach, with publications including a critical edition of the recovered literary piece Roca Celis, El Venado Press.