Mayli is a Research Assistant working on the evaluation of the Talking Time early language intervention programme and the Learning in Families through Technology (LiFT) project. She holds a PhD in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative and International Education from The Pennsylvania State University. Her doctoral research examined Peruvian Intercultural Bilingual Education policy discourses, focusing on representations of family-school-community relationships and Indigenous knowledges. Her research interests include educational equity, early childhood development, intercultural education, and school-community relationships, with particular expertise in qualitative research.
Mayli Zapata Loayza
Research Assistant
About me
Research
Publications
- Pendola, A., Muñoz, I. G., Zapata, M., & Schaub, M. (2022). Early opportunities and fourth-grade success: State pre-k funding, quality, and access on student achievement. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 30(126), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.30.7144
- Cueto, S., Guerrero, G., León, J., Zapata, M., & Freire, S. (2014). The relationship between socioeconomic status at age one, opportunities to learn and achievement in mathematics in fourth grade in Peru. Oxford Review of Education, 40(1), 50-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2013.873525
- Sarmiento, P., & Zapata, M. (2014). Modelo conceptual sobre la participación de la familia en la escuela: Un estudio cualitativo en cuatro localidades del Perú [Conceptual model of family participation at school: A qualitative study in four localities of Peru]. GRADE. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12820/296
- Guerrero, G., León, J., Zapata, M., & Cueto, S. (2013). Getting teachers back to the classroom. A systematic review on what works to improve teacher attendance in developing countries. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 5(4), 466-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2013.864695
- Guerrero, G., León, J., Rosales, E., Zapata, M., Freire, S., Saldarriaga, V., & Cueto, S. (2012). Young Lives School Survey in Peru: Design and initial findings. Young Lives. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12820/436
Research Projects
Assessing and improving language-supporting practice in the early years.
Date: 9 September 2025 - 30 January 2026