photo of the lab members


Principal Investigator

Iliana Reyes      e-mail | web
Her research and teaching interests focus on early literacy and language development; issues relating to languages, literacies, and immigration in and out of school contexts. Her longitudinal study with Mexican immigrant families in Southern Arizona focuses on early biliteracy development in connection to parents' language and literacy practices at home and by preschool teachers at school.


Research Assistants

Jesus Acosta-Iriqui     
His research interest focus on learning about the informal mathematical learning experiences of Latino children and their parents.

Darcy Alexandra     
Her research interests focus on family and children’s literacy. She is interested in analyzing immigrants’ history through digital stories.

Patricia Azuara     
Her research interests focus on literacy development of bilingual children. She is interested in analyzing children’s cognitive and linguistic development within their sociocultural context.

Lucinda Soltero     
Her research and teaching interests focus on bilingualism and biliteracy, bilingual special education, and multicultural children’s literature. Lucinda is currently an assistant professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.


Visiting Scholar

Anonymous     
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Technical and Transcription Support

Nadia Alvarez     

Ashley Astinnet     

Francisca Murua     

Lilly Noriega     

Carmen Fimbres     


Administrative Support

Lupita Romero     

Ericka Carlon      e-mail | web