Background
Alisha is Clinical Assistant Professor and Residency Director in the Inclusive Childhood Education program. Alisha’s areas of expertise include early childhood education, bilingual education, language and literacy, and family engagement. Her scholarship mostly focuses on the intersectionality of language, power, race, class, and gender across educational settings and aims to foster racial, gender, and linguistic justice. She has been working closely with immigrant families, grassroots and community-based organizations, and school districts to advocate for anti-bias inclusive education and equitable family engagement.