Photography by Dr. Mike Mena
New York State Association of Bilingual Education Conference 2023 Keynote
Austin Area Association for Bilingual Education Conference 2023 Keynote
Receiving the English Journal Edwin M. Hopkins award in November 2022 from NYC DOE HS English Teacher and NYU Ph.D. student LaMar Timmons-Long for my co-authored article with Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera titled, “Se hace camino al andar: Translanguaging Pedagogy for Justice.”
Cotsen Foundation 17th Annual The Art of Teaching Conference Fall 2022
Poesía en comunidad: Poetry as Teaching, Healing, and Resistance with Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera
“My passion for bilingual instruction had its start with my experience in schools where the instruction isolated parts of my being, yet it grew exponentially the more I worked with bilingual students. As a bilingual sixth grade teacher in New York City, I listened to my students’ own bilingual journeys.”