Our Story
Young multilingual learners are a diverse population with rich linguistic and cultural assets. Beginning in 2019, a group of foundations began working together as the Emerging Bilingual Collaborative to tackle a pressing challenge: Multilingual learners are often underserved and overlooked in California's education system.
Our goal is to ensure all young multilingual learners receive a high-quality education in an environment that values them. We do this by investing in California's public education system to support PreK-3rd grade educators and administrators to ensure high-quality instruction for our state’s multilingual learners. When we create an environment where young multilingual learners can thrive in school, everyone wins: The success of multilingual students in the early years has lasting benefits for all students and ultimately leads to a thriving and multilingual economy in California.
Our Key Strategies
Educator Preparation
We support local partnerships among the ECE, K-12, and higher ed systems to build educator preparation pathways to ensure PreK-3rd grade educators graduate prepared to meet the needs of MLs.
Educator Development
We support coherent and sustainable professional development for PreK-3rd grade educators and administrators focused on high-quality instruction for MLs in environments that value them.
Educator Mobilization
We mobilize PreK-3 educators to advocate on behalf of their ML students.
What cuts across and connects all our work:
Emphasize support in regions of California that serve high percentages of multilingual learners with a particular emphasis on Los Angeles, Oakland, and the Central Valley
Regional Support
Prioritize coalition building to enhance high-quality instruction for all students, including multilingual learners
Coalition Building
Learning & Evaluation
Research, document and disseminate the progress and outcomes from our investments
Who We Are
Join Our Community
If you are a funder looking for opportunities to support multilingual learners in California, please reach out to Kathleen Dutta, Director of the EBC at info@emergingbilingualcollaborative.org
our advisors
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Dr. Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz
Professor of Cognitive Science, UC Merced
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Jorge Cuevas Antillón
District Advisor for Curriculum and Instruction of Dual Language and English Learners, San Diego County Office of Education
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Ruth Barajas
Director of English Learner Leadership and Legacy Initiative, Californians Together
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Gloria Corral
President & CEO, Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)
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Guadalupe Diaz Lara
Assisstant Professor, CSU Fullerton
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Crystal Gonzales
Executive Director, English Learners Success Forum
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Anya Hurwitz
Executive Director, Sobrato Early Academic Language (SEAL)
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Lupe Jaime-Mileham
Deputy Director, Child Care and Development Division, California Department of Social Services
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Nicole Knight
Executive Director, Office of English Language Learner Multilingual Achievement, Oakland Unified School District
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Patricia Lozano
Executive Director, Early Edge California
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Alesha Moreno-Ramirez
Multilingual Support Division Director, California Department of Education
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Sarah Neville-Morgan
Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, Opportunities for All Branch, California Department of Education
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Carola Oliva-Olson
Vice President of Early Childhood Studies, EDvance College
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Laurie Olsen
President of the Board, Californians Together
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Cara Onofre
Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
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Feliza Ortiz-Licon
Chief of Staff, New Teacher Center
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Mary Sandy
Executive Director, California Commission of Teacher Credentialing
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Lygia Stebbing
President and CEO, EDvance College
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Yolanda Valdez
Superintendent, Cutler Orosi Joint Unified School District