About the Author

Gilda Martinez-Alba is the Provost Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion helping to recruit and retain diverse faculty and students, and staff at Towson University (TU). She is also the Graduate Reading Program Director at TU, where teachers come to become reading specialists and can specialize in ESOL.

Judith Cruzado-Guerrero is an Associate Professor in the Department of Early Childhood at Towson University in the College of Education. Her work has focused on culturally and linguistically diverse children and families as well as the preparation of teachers in diverse and inclusive classrooms.