Transformative Translanguaging Espacios

Maite T. Sánchez is an Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education at Hunter College of the City University of New York, USA. Her research focuses on language education policy and practice, particularly related to Latinx and other minoritized bilingual students, translanguaging pedagogy, and the experiences of novice bilingual education teachers entering the profession. She has published in journals such as Bilingual Research Journal, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism and TESOL Quarterly.Ofelia García is Professor Emerita in the PhD programs in Urban Education and Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA. She has published widely in the areas of bilingualism/multilingualism and bilingual education, language education, language policy, and sociology of language. The American Educational Research Association has awarded her three Lifetime Research Achievement Awards - Distinguished Contributions to Social Contexts in Education (2019), Bilingual Education (2017), and Second Language Acquisition Leadership through Research (2019).