Olivia Ruiz-Figueroa
Olivia Ruiz-Figueroa worked in the Tucson (AZ) Unified School District for 22 years. She is one of the original authors of Instrumento de observacíon, the Spanish reconstruction of Marie Clay’s Reading Recovery program and assessment. She co-authored Evaluacíon del desarrollo de la lecture, the Spanish version of the Developmental Reading Assessment, and has worked with Literacy Squared since its inception. Growing up in a bilingual/bicultural home, she continues to focus on assessment, instruction, and cultural equity for emerging bilingual students being educated in the United States.