Dr. LuzElena Perez is the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District in Sonoma County. Her doctoral research area published in 2011 was focused on Long Term English Learner Student Voice. She has been a classroom teacher in grades K-8, an instructional coach for grades 7-12, an elementary school principal and a district level director leading in areas of State and Federal programs and language acquisition, after school programs and parent engagement. She has been an adjunct instructor in the Masters in Education program at Cal State San Marcos and in the Ed.D. Program at UCSD. She is the recipient of the Leadership in Biliteracy Award from the San Diego County Office of Education, and was recognized in 2018 by the California Senate as a Mother of the Year. She has presented at AERA, CABE and local conferences sharing best practices in supporting ELs.