María Paula Ghiso, Teachers College, Columbia University, is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her scholarly interests include early childhood literacy in multilingual and transnational contexts. María Paula is a former New York City dual language teacher and has facilitated professional development on language and literacy learning in a range of contexts. She has published in venues such as Journal of Literacy Research, Equity and Excellence in Education, Research in the Teaching of English, and Teachers College Record.
Gerald Campano is Professor in the Literacy, Culture, and International Education Division at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. He is a proud third generation Pinoy from the East Coast with ancestral roots in the Mindanao region of the Philippines. Gerald served as chair for his division at GSE for nine years. For close to 10 years, he worked as a public-school teacher, during which time he garnered district teacher of the year awards and was a Carnegie Scholar. Dr. Campano’s scholarly interests span elementary literacy teaching, critical ethnic studies, immigrant education, and practitioner and participatory research approaches. Throughout his academic career, he has been interested in universalizing research as an epistemic right through community-based inquiry methodologies premised on an ethics of care and interdependence.