WABE 2026 Fall Institute

Cristina Sanchez-Lopez has been a bilingual educator for 30 years. She is currently co-president at Paridad Education Consulting working nationally and internationally on issues related to multilingual education. Cristina has taught at the elementary, middle school and university levels in the US and Mexico. At present, Cristina teaches graduate and undergraduate courses at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. Cristina is a co-author on: Special Education Considerations for Multilingual Learners: Delivering a continuum of services (Caslon Publishing, 3rd edition 2023); Focus on Special Educational Needs (October 2018), and a recent white paper titled Welcoming Bilingual Learners with Disabilities into Dual Language Programs with the Center for Applied Linguistics (2022) as well as various articles and chapters that address multilingual education.