Workshop #2:
Critical Project Design for the
Heritage Learner Classroom
Dr. Linda Lemus is an Assistant Professor / Director & Coordinator of Spanish Language Instruction at University of California, Riverside.
Sumaya Bezrati is a lecturer of Arabic at both California State University, Northridge and Channel Islands. She is also currently an adjunct professor at Santa Monica College. In the past, she has worked with the Center for World Languages at UCLA developing Arabic curriculum for heritage learners and teaching Arabic heritage language courses there as well.
Alejandra Gutiérrez was born and raised in Denver, CO and is the daughter of Spanish-speaking Mexican immigrants.
She is in her second year of graduate school at CU Denver in the Spanish M.A. program and has worked with immigrant and heritage communities within multiple contexts of health and education.
