She earned her Ph.D. from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) 2017 in Urban Education, with an emphasis on bilingualism in education. Dr. Herrera taught emergent bilingual children in NYC public schools for seven years. In addition, she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in bilingualism in education, race in schooling, K-12 language and literacy, and theory and methods courses in TESOL and bilingual education at the City College of New York, Long Island University, and Brooklyn College. Her teaching and research are in linguistically and culturally sustaining approaches to teaching emergent bilingual learners, engaging in translanguaging and critical pedagogy in the classroom, and bilingual education policy. She may be reached at Lherrera@mail.fresnostate.edu