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Tracey Flores is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches Language Arts Methods and Community Literacies within the K-5 teacher education program. Her expertise lies in English Language Development and English Language Arts. With eight years of experience in K-8 schools in Glendale and Phoenix, Arizona, she has worked alongside culturally and linguistically diverse students and their families. Her research primarily focuses on Latina mothers and their daughters' language literacy practices, the teaching of young writers in culturally linguistically diverse classrooms, and family community literacies. Additionally, she is the founder of Somos Escritoras/We Writers, which is a creative platform for Latina girls in grades 6-12 to share and perform their stories through various artistic expressions. Flores is also actively involved in several educational organizations, serving as chair of the Latinx Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English and as founding co-chair of the Commission on Family and Community Literacies for English Language Arts Teacher Educators. She has received recognition as a Promising Researcher from the National Council of Teachers of English and has participated in various initiatives aimed at fostering relevant and culturally responsive teaching practices.
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