Elizet Moret

Affiliation

Velázquez Press

Biography

Dr. Elizet Moret is an educational leader that advocates for the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students and promotes access to equitable education that is centered in equity and social justice. She currently serves as the Director of Biliteracy and Family Engagement at Velázquez Press. Previous to her current role, Dr. Moret has worked at the Texas Education Agency, where she supported the commissioner’s initiative for Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programming and developed the initial DLI implementation rubrics. Additionally, she collaborated in guiding the work of Chapter 89, Subchapter BB revisions. Elizet has also led the development of some of the biliteracy modules that have been integrated by TEA as part of the state’s Bilingual Reading Academies. At the national level, Dr. Moret has been an invited contributing author by Drs. Wayne Thomas and Virginia Collier for their book Transforming Secondary Education: Middle and High School Dual Language Programs and has also served as a national bilingual consultant for the Center of Applied Linguistics (CAL). Dr. Elizet Moret has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish, a master’s degree in education with a focus on bilingual/bicultural studies, both from Texas State University, and a doctorate degree in educational leadership from Lamar University.