Sandra received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction in 2006. She received her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction in 2000, and her B.A. in Communication Studies in 1998-all from Virginia Tech. Sandra’s research and teaching interests include: Educational advocacy, critical literacy, Social Justices, Equity and education, the social organization of instruction, community-based participatory research, action research and the integration of sociocultural and multi-modal orientations and the use of electronic and mobile technologies in education and outreach.