His research interests include heritage and second language acquisition, bilingualism, cognition and task-based language learning. He earned his Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics at Georgetown University. Julio is a certified Spanish teacher in the state of Pennsylvania where he taught Spanish 1 to Advanced Placement for six years. He has taught graduate courses on Foreign Language Teaching Methodology, Heritage Language Acquisition, and Instructed Second Language Acquisition. He also is the recipient of the 2014 Russell Campbell’s Young Scholar Special Recognition Award for his contribution to the field of Heritage Language Education. E-mail: j.torres@uci.edu Dr. John Trimble - Weber State University