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Dr. Mercuri is a nationally and internationally recognized educational consultant in the area of second language acquisition, dual language education and curriculum integration for biliteracy development. She has over 28 years of experience in teaching in K-12 schools and at the university level in Argentina and the United States. After retiring from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley she continued to work on research on translanguaging practices for biliteracy development and the effect of long-term professional development on bilingual and ESL teachers’ instructional practices. Dr. Mercuri provides professional development for teachers and administrators as well as for parents and presents at national and international conferences.
Dr. Mercuri has published articles in the TESOL Quarterly, Talking Points, EJLTS, JMER, TESOL Connections, MEXTESOL, and the NABE journal as well as professional journals in Spanish. She is the author or more than twelve book chapters and invited papers. Dr. Mercuri is the author of the book titled Supporting Literacy Through Science: The Challenge of Teaching Science in a Time of Accountability. She has also co-authored the book Dual Language Essentials for teachers and administrators with Drs. Yvonne and David Freeman among others. Her latest work includes Pathways to Biliteracy (2019) published by Velázquez Press, La enseñanza en el aula bilingüe: Content, language and biliteracy (Caslon, 2021), Biliteracy para todos published by Okapi Publishing Company (2021) and CLLIF, A Trasnformative Framework for MUltilingual Learners, published by Velázquez Press (2023).