Mary Esther Soto Huerta received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Currently she is an Assistant Professor of Culture, Literacy, and Language at Texas State University–San Marcos, where she teaches courses in bilingual education, ESL, and reading in the College of Education. Her research focuses on issues concerning biliteracy, language and literacy development in bilingual settings, bilingualism, issues of equity in education for language-minority students, and bilingual teacher education.