Paty Abril-Gonzalez

Affiliation

The University of Texas at Austin

Biography

Paty Abril-Gonzalez was a bilingual elementary school teacher in Denver, Colorado. She taught for seven years in the same school district where she, herself, learned English. Paty went on to pursue a PhD at the University of Colorado at Boulder, specializing in equity in bilingual education. Now, Abril-Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor in the Bilingual and Bicultural Education program at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research agenda centers authentic long-term relationship building and understanding multiple perspectives, by creating and sharing spoken, written, and artistic testimonios of Latinx bilingual students, pre-service teachers, and their families.