Dr. Allison Briceño is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at San José State University, where she coordinates the Multilingual and Multicultural Literacy Education MA program. Her research explores the rich literacy practices of multilingual students and linguistically and culturally sustaining pedagogies. Dr. Briceño’s recent scholarship has appeared in The Reading Teacher, Language Arts, Bilingual Research Journal, Teacher Education Quarterly, Action in Teacher Education, Educational Policy, and Language and Education. Her recent book, Conscious Classrooms: Using Diverse Texts for Inclusion, Equity, and Justice, addresses how to use diverse children’s books in the classroom for literacy, language, and identity development.