Educational Background

B.A., Universidad de Puerto Rico, major field of study in Spanish language and literature with minors in History and French;
M.A., University of Michigan, major field of study in Spanish language and literature with further study in Humanities; 
M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University, major field of study in Bilingual/Bicultural Education,
Dissertation (1983): Participatory Democracy and Bilingual Education: The Case of San Jose, California. 

Scholarly Interests
My interests lie in the space where culture and language meet in classroom interactions as well as in broader society.  I am interested in understanding how teachers deal with the issues of language and culture within strong bilingual education models; how parents support their children both linguistically and culturally, and how the linguocultural spaces are created in curricular social organization and in the development of materials.