She is also a member of the Joint UCSD/SDSU Doctoral Program in Mathematics and Science Education. Dr. Soto specializing in Cognitively Guided Instruction and young children's mathematical thinking. Her areas of interest include investigating elementary children’s sense making when solving story problems, providing mathematical professional development opportunities for elementary teachers, and examining ways to implement mobile technology in the classroom. She is presently researching the affordances of screencasts in documenting children's mathematical explanations and as a formative assessment tool for teachers.