Leading Literacy

Leading Literacy is a podcast co-hosted by Leslie Zoroya, Project Director III of Reading Language Arts, and Mara Shinn Smith, Coordinator I, at the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Join Leslie & Mara as they engage in literacy conversations that both inspire and instruct.

Behind the Pages with Author Suzanne Lang 07/28/2026

Literacy, Leadership, and Lessons Learned with Kristen Wynn 06/25/2026

Equity at the Heart of Literacy with Dr. Altheria Caldera 05/12/2026

Making Literacy Go Viral with Jake Daggett 04/10/2026

From Sight Words to Aligned Systems with Janee Butler 03/02/2026

Purpose, Passion, and Joy in Education with Dr. Joyce Jamerson 01/08/2026

Inside The Reading League’s Compass Resource with Kari Kurto 10/24/2025

More than Reading: Highlighting 50 Years of Joan Sedita’s Work as an Educator 09/15/2025

Building Better Teachers in California with Univ. of La Verne Professors Drs. Nancy Walker and Shana Matamala 04/10/2025

Tami Wilson - California’s Dyslexia & Literacy Advocate 03/03/2025

Lessons from Lancaster School District 01/23/2025

Jasmine Rogers 10/02/2024

Scott Valley Unified Educators: Hannah Shickle and Tana Piersall 08/27/2024

Denise Eide 08/13/2024

Laundromat Library League with Phil Tripp 04/29/2024

Denise Morgan, Parent Advocate 04/15/2024

Molly Ness 03/20/2024

Maya Valencia Goodall 01/16/2024

The Reading League California with Kristen Koeller and Andrea Setmeyer 12/27/2023

Lacey Robinson 10/05/2023

Tracy White Weeden 08/01/2023

Debbie Anderson, L.A. County Librarian 07/17/2023

Trisha Tucker 06/02/2023

Sabrina Causey & Jessica Reid Sliwerski from The Right to Read 04/30/2023

Kareem Weaver 04/03/2023

Shelley Blackwell 03/23/2023

Lee Herrick 03/13/2023

Susan Lambert 01/30/2023

Sonia Cabell 12/01/2022

Donalyn Miller 10/10/2022