Education: B.A., Southwestern University, Texas; M.S., Emporia State
University, Kansas; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin Research Interests: Early childhood bilingualism and
biliteracy; language and literacy in multilingual contexts;
families, schools, and communities in Spanish language
maintenance; linguistic hegemony; Latina mothers'
parent/school relationships; the misidentification of
English learners in Special Education
Awards: Post-Doctoral research fellowship,
AERA/IES;
CEE Cultural diversity grant for outstanding conference
proposal, NCTE; University fellowships, UT Austin