Episode Air Date 10/28/2024

Melissa is a motherscholar whose research focuses on centering and amplifying the knowledge production and experiences of Latina bilingual teachers in bilingual classrooms. She taught for in a bilingual classroom in a public urban school district. She is also committed to providing space for teacher education candidates and teachers to become more reflective and critical in their practice and creating classrooms that ensure safe spaces for all students.

Melissa played "Teacher Feature Trivia" to provide culturally sustaining books for the teachers she worked with for her dissertation (and matched the funds!). For confidentiality reasons, we can't share who they are, but we are so happy to support them as they build their classroom libraries!