2023 Featured Speakers
La Cosecha Conference will feature practitioners and academic experts in the field of dual language education who will provide you with the latest research and information and instructional best practices as it relates to emerging bilinguals and biliteracy programs. La Cosecha Conference works to celebrate the contributions and work of these valued individuals who support and benefit dual language education instruction and practice, as well as the communities it serves.

Rebecca Blum Martínez
Author, Professor Emerita
University of New Mexico


Karina Chapa
Executive Director
Texas Association for Bilingual Education

Samuel Aguirre
Director of WIDA Español
Assistant Director of Consortium Relations
123 Andrés
Grammy Winning
Music Duo

Mi Amigo Hamlet and Alina Celeste
Artists/Producers/ Songwriters/ Musicians
Being Bilingual Rocks!


Susana Ibarra Johnson
Assistant Professor College of Education
New Mexico State University

Jody Slavick
Research Associate/Literacy Squared
University of Colorado, Boulder/Bueno Center
Joan Lachance
Associate Professor
University North Carolina, Charlotte

X̱’unei Lance Twitchell
Professor of Alaska Native Languages
University of Alaska


Juliana Urtubey
Educator, 2021 National Teacher of the Year

José Medina
Chief Educational Advocate
Dr. José Medina: Educational Solutions
Zhongfeng Tian
Assistant Professor
Rutgers University, Newark

Carla España
ssistant Professor, Author
Brooklyn College


Luz Yadira Herrera
Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education
California State University

Pamyua
Musicians & Cultural Performers
Shera Simpson
uthor, Educator
Dual Language Connections

Elizabeth R. Howard
Associate Professor of Bilingual Education
University of Connecticut


Claribel González
Resource Specialist
Regional Bilingual Resource Network

Victoriano De la Cruz
Researcher, Linguist, Activist
Native Speaker of Nahuatl Language
Guero Loco
Educational Hip-Hop Artist