Her teacher education work is informed by a decade of urban secondary school classroom teaching (in English, Mathematics, and Social Studies), several years of literacy coaching (K-12), and her tenure as co-director of the Bay Area Writing Project where she worked with K-College instructors. Through her professional work, she has supported several urban school districts in their transition to implementing the Common Core Standards throughout California. Her research interests include the development of cross-content collaboration and 21st century literacy practices in schools, universities, and among preservice teachers; she is also currently working on a book project on critical thinking skills as the link between all subject areas in the new standards movement.