Cristina Sánchez-López collaborates with educators in the US and Canada on many issues related to the education of Multilingual Learners (MLs) including developing culturally and linguistically sustaining Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS); bilingual special education; middle school mathematics; curriculum development; literacy across the content areas; parent engagement, and supporting Early Childhood educators who serve young Dual Language learners (DLLs).

Cristina has taught at the elementary, middle school and university levels in the US and Mexico.

She currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in multilingual education.

Cristina is co-author a number of publications including: Oxford University Press series Concepts for the Language Classroom Series: Focus on Special Educational Needs (2018); Special Education Considerations for Multilingual Learners: Delivering a continuum of services, 3rd edition (Brookes Publishing, 2023); Welcoming Bilingual Learners with Disabilities into Dual Language Programs (CAL, 2022); and an upcoming chapter entitled Collaborating at the Bilingual Special Education Interface in ¡Qué BUENO!  A History of the BUENO Center and its Legacy

Resources

National Committee for Effective Literacy  https://multilingualliteracy.org/

Center for Literacy Education https://iei.nd.edu/initiatives/notre-dame-center-for-literacy-education/news/identity-texts 

Unite for Literacy https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/ 

Mt Language Resources http://www.mylanguage.ca/resources.html 

Welcoming Bilingual Learners with Disabilities into Dual Language Programs https://www.cal.org/publications/welcoming-bilingual-learners-with-disabilities-into-dual-language-programs/