Featured Speakers

Dr. Socorro Herrera
Professor
Kansas State University

Dr. José Medina
Chief Educational Advocate
Dr. José Medina Educational Solution

Margarita Espino Calderón
Professor Emerita
Johns Hopkins University

Miguel Cardona
Educator
12th US Secretary of Education

Dra. Allison DiCecio Briceño
Professor
San José State University

Jeff Zwiers
Educational Consultant &
Author

Dra. Cristina Alfaro
Associate Vice-President for International Affairs
San Diego State University

Yvonne Williams
Vice President of Educator Engagement WCEPS

Karen Beeman
Co-Founder
Center for Teaching for Biliteracy

Wayne Thomas & Virginia Collier
Professors Emeriti
George Mason University

Cristina Sánchez-López
Co-President
Paridad Education Consutling

Dr. Barbara Flores
CABE
Professor Emerita
California State University

123 Andrés y Christina
Grammy-winning Music Duo

Dr. Katherine Barko-Alva
Associate Professor and Director of ESL/Bilingual Education
College of William & Mary

Ajuawak Kapashesit
Indigenous Linguist
Award-Winning Actor, Writer, and Director

Dr. Joan Lachance
Associate Professor & Program Director
University of North Carolina

Dr. Margo Gottlieb
Co-Founder and Lead Developer of WIDA

Dr. Lyla June
Indigenous Scholar, Musician & Community Organizer
Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) & European lineages

Dra. Deb Palmer
Professor and Chair of Equity Bilingualism and Biliteracy
School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder

Dr. Juan Freire
Associate Professor
Brigham Young University
