Sandra Butvilofsky, Ph.D., Biliteracy Instructional Coach at Escuela BilingÃ1/4e Pioneer, Boulder Valley School District received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity at the University of Colorado Boulder with a specialization in biliteracy. Her work in Literacy Squared involved assisting in program development, conducting research, and providing professional development to bilingual teachers and administrators. Dr. Butvilofsky has also been the Deputy Director of the BUENO Center, Assistant Research Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Associate Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her research interests include examining the biliterate writing and reading development of Latinx bilingual learners from preschool through fifth grade to demonstrate the potential of bilingual/biliteracy education. Her work has been published in peer reviewed journals and edited books. She is co-author of the book Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared in Action. Her elementary teaching experience includes 5 years as a bilingual classroom teacher and 5 years as a trained Descubriendo la LecturaÂ(R)/Reading RecoveryÂ(R) teacher. Kathy Escamilla, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus of Education in the Division of Equity, Bilingualism and Biliteracy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Escamillaâ (TM)s research focuses on issues related to the development of bilingualism and biliteracy for emerging bilingual children in US schools. She is a co-founder of Literacy Squared, a program dedicated to creating biliterate pedagogies with and for Spanish-speaking children and their teachers. She is a lifelong bilingual educator and has been a teacher, administrator, and professor in her 50+ years in public education. Susan Hopewell, Ph.D. co-author of Biliteracy from the Start, Literacy Squared in Action and Associate Professor of Equity Bilingualism and Biliteracy at the University of Colorado Boulder, has spent her entire career working with, and learning from, bilingual learners. As the current director of Literacy Squared, Dr. Hopewell provides extensive professional development to schools around the United States to help them better design effective biliteracy instruction.
