Dr. Tracey T. Flores is an associate professor of language and literacy at the University of Texas at Austin. A former ELD and ELA teacher in Arizona, she spent eight years working with culturally and linguistically diverse students and their families. Her research focuses on Latina mothers’ and daughters’ literacy practices, the teaching of young writers in diverse classrooms, and family and community literacies. She is the founder of Somos Escritoras, a creative space for Latina girls (grades 6-12) that invites them to unearth their stories, document their histories, and amplify their voices though storytelling, writing, and art.

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