Julia Chapa has served English learners as a bilingual and ESL teacher in Texas for over 20 years. She has experience providing accommodated, sequenced and scaffolded instruction for second language learners resulting in outstanding student achievement. She has served as a member of multiple Student Assessment Committees for TEA (Texas Education Agency) representing several school districts in Texas. Julia Chapa understands English learners and the process of second language acquisition, and she has always been an advocate for teachers and students as a parent, as a citizen, and as an educator.