Leticia Braga is an Education Program Specialist at the U.S. Department of Education, with primary responsibilities in the Title III program and ESEA flexibility implementation. She holds an M.Ed. in International Education and an Ed.D. in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her work prior to the Department focused on acculturation and pathways to higher education for immigrant adolescents, teaching foreign languages through service learning, and heritage language instructional strategies.

Amy Jenkins is in her 4th year as an Education Program Specialist for the Title III program at the U.S. Department of Education. She was an educator of English Learners for 10 years both domestically and abroad. She has also served as a Peace Corps TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) Volunteer and a Service-Learning AmeriCorps Volunteer. She is a life-long learner dedicated to the education of English Learners.

José Reyes is in his 13th year as district bilingual instructional specialist in the Gadsden Independent School District in Anthony, N.M. He has been an educator in the district for 33 years. He was an elementary bilingual education teacher for 20 years in Sunland Park, NM. As a district bilingual instructional specialist, José oversees bilingual and ELL services in the district. He assists the schools in monitoring data for placement of ELL in Alternative Language Services. He participates in identify students as ELL, former ELL and Never ELL. He advocates for students to succeed in bilingual education programs so that students can effectively use the power of two languages.

Gregg Roberts is the World Language & Dual Language Immersion Specialist for the Utah State Office of Education. His work with the Utah Legislature and Governor’s office has led to groundbreaking changes in the way world languages are viewed and funded within the state’s K-12 schools. As part of that work, he led a group of K-12 educators in collaboration with the state’s institutions of higher education in the design and implementation of Utah’s highly successful Critical Language and Dual Language Immersion programs, and Utah’s Language Roadmap. He has been a classroom teacher at the university and secondary levels, school district specialist, and state educational leader. Gregg was named the 2009 NCSSFL State Supervisor of the Year and is a recipient of the Palms Académiques from the French Government.