Jos� A. Montelongo has taught reading and been a school librarian in El Paso for over fifteen years prior to becoming a college librarian, teacher educator, and educational researcher. He has earned degrees in experimental psychology, education, and library science at UT-El Paso, New Mexico State, and UT-Austin, respectively. Dr. Montelongo's research and writing interests focus on Spanish-English cognate vocabulary and reading expository texts. Anita Hern�ndez is Professor and the Don and Sarrah Kidd Endowed Chair in Literacy in the Department of Teacher Preparation and Administration and Leadership at New Mexico State University. She was a bilingual teacher for fourteen years and has taught future teachers and classroom teachers for the past twenty-four years. She earned her Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture at Stanford University. She teaches and publishes in the area of biliteracy, critical literacy, and teacher education. She is co-author of Interactive Student Notebooks for English Learners, Text Sets: Scaffolding Core Literature for Secondary Students, and Viva Nuestro Caucus: Re-Writing the Forgotten Pages of our Caucus. Roberta J. Herter taught English in Detroit Public Schools for thirty years, then went on to teach educators at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo for twenty years. She earned her Ph.D. in English and Education at the University of Michigan. Her research and writing include literacy, writing, and second language learning.