Our Founder

Dr. Tracey T. Flores

Dr. Tracey T. Flores is an assistant professor of Language and Literacy at the University of Texas at Austin. She teaches Language Arts Methods and Community Literacy in the K-5 teacher education program.

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Dr. Flores is a former English Language Development (ELD) and English Language Arts (ELA) teacher who worked for eight years alongside culturally and linguistically diverse students, families, and communities in K-8 schools throughout Glendale and Phoenix, Arizona. She advocates for culturally sustaining practices for Latino students. Her research focuses on Latina mothers’ and daughters’ language and literacy practices, teaching young writers in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, and family and community literacies.

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Tracey is the Chair of the Latinx Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Founding Co-Chair of the Commission on Family and Community Literacies of English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE). She is a member of the 2016-2018 Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars (CNV) of Color cohort and Cohort Three of Professional Dyads and Culturally Responsive Teaching (PDCRT). Tracey was named the 2019 Promising Researcher by the NCTE Standing Committee on Research.