Former SEHD Student Furthers Bilingual Education in the Rio Grande Valley

Dr. J. Joy Esquierdo ’06, a graduate of our Bilingual Education Ph.D. program, is now the interim Vice Provost for B3HSI (Bilingual, Bicultural and Biliterate Institution and Hispanic Serving Institution) integrations at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

While attending our School, she served as the first coordinator for our federal grant on English Language and Literacy Acquisition (ELLA), which looked at how effective structured English immersion and transitional bilingual education helped Spanish-speaking kindergarten students learn English and literacy. Dr. Esquierdo also taught at elementary schools in the Rio Grande Valley and Houston area before working in academia.

Learn more about our Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Bilingual/ESL Education by visiting tx.ag/SEHDBESL.

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