Drawing from my personal experience of growing up in a family of Mexican migrant workers and from my professional experiences in teaching for over 40 years and serving on the California Commission for Teacher Credentialing for ten years, I will discuss why it is essential for educators to teach and transmit stories by and about the different populations of immigrants to this country and the cultures from which they come and contributions they make to our ethnically diverse society.
CATESOL 2017 Award Winners are announced at the beginning of each plenary.