She earned her BA (English) and MA (TESOL) from Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois and her PhD (Multilingual/Multicultural Education) from The Florida State University, Talahassee, Florida. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in education (TESL) and supervises both masters and doctoral theses/dissertations for the TESL programme at the faculty. She is actively involved in research on education and TESL. She is also a member of advisory boards of TESL programs of public universities in Malaysia. She publishes in both local and international journals in education (TESL/TEFL). Her research interests include TESL, multicultural/multilingual issues in education, culture in language teaching, ESL/EFL literacy and language testing and evaluation.