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

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