Gladys Aguilar

Gladys Aguilar graduated from the Human Development, Teaching and Learning concentration at Harvard University. Her research involves Latinx children’s first and second language development and its relation to biliteracy. Having immigrated from Méxicoto the U.S. as a child, she is interested in the influence of cultural factors, parents and teachers in the association between minoritized children’s dual language development and their educational, psychosocial, and emotional well-being.Gladys has worked as a Spanish-English bilingual teacher and as a mental health professional in urban settings serving predominantly immigrant families.