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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Abriendo brecha: Antología crítica sobre la educación bilingüe de doble inmersión</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black"><span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">(Albuquerque, NM <b>– </b>August 2017 –</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(48,48,48)"> Dual Language Education of New Mexico and Fuente Press announce the release of <i>Abriendo brecha: Antología crítica sobre la educación bilingüe de doble inmersión. </i>Edited by Michael D. Guerrero, María Consuelo Guerrero, Lucinda A. Soltero-González, and Kathy Escamilla, this publication is written entirely in Spanish. The book features twelve chapters written by a who's who of experts in the field of dual language education. This inspiring book is intended for use in the preparation of dual language education teachers. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(48,48,48)"><br></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(48,48,48)"><br></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(48,48,48)">“Finally the availability of a comprehensive guide in Spanish for dual language teachers in the U.S.! Abriendo brecha entails all of the essential aspects of bilingual education- the ideological, historical, pedagogical and professional in an accessible manner. The book is a great resource to prepare teachers and will also undoubtedly support their academic Spanish language development. Congratulations to the editors, authors, and DLeNM for such an important contribution.” –Dr. Elizabeth Howard, University of Connecticut.<span></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Michael D. Guerrero<span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><br></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Michael D. Guerrero earned his doctorate in educational linguistics from the University of New Mexico. Currently he is a Professor of Education at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the Department of Bilingual and Literacy Studies where he teaches classes on bilingualism, second language acquisition and language pedagogy in both English and Spanish. His primary research agenda and the focus of his publications center on the development of academic Spanish for bilingual teachers and on the few opportunities they have to develop professional, academic Spanish and ideological linguistic clarity.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">María Consuelo Guerrero<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">María Consuelo Guerrero earned her doctorate in Latin American studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Guerrero is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where she teaches courses in Spanish language, literature, film, and Portuguese. She has also published articles on bilingual education and taught Spanish language courses to future bilingual education teachers.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Lucinda A. Soltero-González<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Lucinda Soltero-González is an educational consultant for research projects in the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Colorado Boulder and ELD & Biliteracy Coordinator in the Adams County School District 14 in Colorado. She taught in elementary school and bilingual special education classrooms for several years before receiving her doctorate degree in Language, Reading, and Culture from the University of Arizona in 2007. Her work centers on the early biliteracy development of Latino bilingual children and culturally and linguistically responsive teaching.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Kathy Escamilla<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Kathy Escamilla is a Professor of Education in the Division of Social, Bilingual and Multicultural Foundations at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her research centers on educational issues related to Spanish-speaking language minority students in U.S. schools. She is specifically interested in issues related to the development of bilingualism and biliteracy in early elementary grades for this Spanish speaking population.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Dual Language Education of New Mexico<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(48,48,48)">Abriendo brecha: Antología crítica sobre la educación bilingüe de doble inmersión</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black"> is published by Dual Language Education of New Mexico/<i>Fuente</i> Press. Dual Language Education of New Mexico</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black"> (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black">DLeNM) is a grassroots non-profit organization in New Mexico. DleNM’s mission is to develop, support and advocate for high-quality dual language enriched education. This book is available at </span><a href="https://dlenm.formstack.com/forms/abriendo_brecha_order_form" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">https://dlenm.formstack.com/<wbr>forms/abriendo_brecha_order_<wbr>form</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;color:black"> Leslie Sánchez, Development Director, <a href="tel:(505)%20243-0648" value="+15052430648" target="_blank">(505) 243-0648</a>, <a href="mailto:leslie@dlenm.org" target="_blank">leslie@dlenm.org</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span></span></font></span></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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