John’s University. He was elected Vice President for Professional Affairs of Division 16 of APA in 2003. Dr. Ortiz has studies the assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals, applications of modern intelligence theory in testing through CHC Cross-Battery assessment methods, differentiating cultural and linguistic differences from disorders, and development of the CHC Culture-Language Matrix as a method for determining the primary influence of culture and language on test performance. He recently authored three chapters in NASP’s Best Practices IV on nondiscriminatory assessment, contemporary intellectual assessment, and working with culturally and linguistically diverse children and families. Dr. Ortiz is bilingual (Spanish) and bicultural (Puerto Rican).