Antonio Felix is a lecturer in the Department of Teaching and Learning as well as director of the PLACE Corps and CAST Program at LMU. In his director role, he gets to work with and support current Catholic school teachers who are seeking their Master of Arts degree and Preliminary California Teaching Credential. He is a 2022 graduate of LMU's Ed.D. program in educational leadership for social justice. As a doctoral student, he was accepted into the prestigious 2020-2022 UCEA Jackson Scholars cohort, a two-year program designed to provide formal networking, mentoring, and professional development support for graduate students of color who intend to enter the professoriate, and as a scholar for the 2022 David L. Clark National Graduate Research Seminar in Educational Administration and Policy by UCEA, AERA Divisions A and L, and SAGE Publications.