Angie ZapataAngie Zapata, an associate professor of language and literacies education at the University of Missouri, is a longtime teacher, teacher educator, and researcher. Her research and teaching highlight classroom literacy teaching and learning featuring pcturebooks with diverse representation. Her work is shaped by her experiences growing up bilingual in Texas as a daughter of immigrant parents from Perú, and is guided by her deep commitments to center anti-oppressive and justice-oriented language and literacies experiences in schools. Read More Read Less