Elsie Solis-Chang Biography: 

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Elsie Solis-Chang, Ed.D., Assistant Professor at California State University San Marcos, serves graduate students pursuing their single subject or multiple subjects credentials and Masters of Education degree. She collaborates with local districts and provides professional learning concentrating on best practices for Dual Language Learners, English/Multilingual Learners, and World Language education. Prior to higher education, she served as a World Language Department Chair at Temecula Valley High School and taught Spanish I-IV & Spanish for Native Speakers in grade levels 6th-12th. She later moved to Bakersfield and worked at the Alternative Education community and court schools as an English and multiple subjects educator to a large population of English Learners and At-Promise students in grades 4th-12th. She continues to dedicate her work to advocating for equality, equity, and social justice for English Learners. She has presented her work at major conferences such as NABE, NAME, CABE, CCTE, CLTA, and CATESOL. Dr. Solis-Chang was an emerging English Learner in the primary grades and therefore knows the struggles faced by culturally and linguistically diverse students. Her passion is to instill knowledge to others and bring awareness of the importance of supporting English Learners as well as speakers of other languages. She fervently believes that all students deserve an equal opportunity to learn and academically succeed in school and beyond.