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Bio: Dr. Luciana C. de Oliveira (Ph.D.) is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies in the School of Education and Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on issues related to teaching multilingual learners at the elementary and secondary levels, including the role of language in learning the content areas. Dr. de Oliveira has authored or edited 30 books and has over 200 publications in various outlets. Her most recent book Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Academic Language Development: A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction (LACI) (Routledge, 2023) provides teachers with a framework of six scaffolding elements to enable multilingual learners to meet grade-level standards without simplification. She has over 30 years of teaching experience in the field of TESOL. She served in the presidential line (2017-2020), served as President in 2018-2019, and was a member of the Board of Directors (2013-2016) of TESOL International Association. She was the very first Latina to serve as President of TESOL.