She received her doctorate in educational psychology and educational technology with a language and literacy emphasis from Michigan State University. Professor Kganetso taught kindergarten for nine years, and her research interests focus on how context influences young children's abilities to read and write different genres—particularly informational texts. Her examinations of both U.S. and international contexts focus on how connecting home, community, and school contexts can foster language and literacy learning in meaningful, culturally relevant, and culturally sustaining ways.