She is a recipient of the MONTE Award for Most Outstanding Elementary Educator, San Bernardino City Unified School District. She is a fellow of the California Reading and Literature Project of Center X, GSEIS, University of California Los Angeles. She was a postdoctoral fellow in Bilingual Education at Boston University, MA. She has been consulting in the areas of curiculum and instruction and conducts workshops on Developing Literacy, Reading, and Assessment worldwide. Zenaida G. Prouty is a public school teacher with extensive experience in best teaching practices. She was an Associate Professor of Humanities at the University of Eastern Philippines.