Meet Our Board
Amberly Walker, M.A. – President
Amberly Walker has worked with Emergent Bilinguals, their families, and their teachers for over 20 years. She is ABD at Texas Tech University, is a Texas Education Policy Fellow alum, and works as a Coordinator in Federal Programs at ESC Region 12 in Waco, Texas. president@textesol3.org
Minerva D. Cotton – Vice President
This is Minerva Cotton’s nineteenth year in education. She is currently an academic advisor at a middle school in Killeen ISD. She has taught elementary to middle school. Her passion is teaching English Learners, which she has been doing for the last 4 years. She grew up as a military child and lived in Germany, New York, and Puerto Rico. She got her undergraduate degree from Tarlton State University and her Masters from University of North Texas in Denton.
Aida E. Pérez – Advocacy Chair
Aida hails from Puerto Rico and since moving to the U.S. She has served Spanish speaking communities as a practitioner, researcher, and trainer for early childhood intervention as well as a researcher in Higher Education on issues of Bilingual Education, Bilingualism & Biliteracy. Her passion for biliteracy began with her personal journey as a learner of English as a second language and that personal understanding has guided all her professional and academic works.
Joanne Bakos Antrim – Delegate at Large Elementary Education
As a granddaughter of immigrants, Joanne has always been passionate about language and culture. She is a Professor of Education at Concordia University Texas. Her classes focus on literacy and working with students who are learning English as a second or subsequent language. She previously worked as an ESL/classroom teacher, reading teacher and Instructional Coach in the Austin Independent School District.
Lauren Miller – Intensive English Program Delegate-at-Large
Lauren is an Intensive English and freshman seminar instructor at Texas State University, and an Adult ESL instructor at Austin Community College. She is also a doctoral candidate obtaining a degree in Culture, Literacy, and Language at The University of Texas San Antonio. Her research focus is language policy, instructor agency, and adult education, and she credits her passion for teaching to an early love of language and interest in international education issues. When she’s not teaching, she’s brushing up on her French skills or practicing her viola.
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A Ph.D. graduate in Curriculum and Instruction: Bilingual and Bicultural Education at UT Austin, Mónica Vásquez Neshyba has been involved in education for twenty years in various roles. all involving bilingual/ESL education. She currently serves as a Clinical Associate Professor at Texas A&M University.
Harishini Ernest, Ph.D. – Past President
Harishini Ernest has a PhD in Applied Linguistics from The University of Texas at Austin. She has taught K-12, community college, and university levels, and has been involved in educational consulting, program evaluation, administration, and teaching since 1984. She is a Compliance Coordinator (Administrator) with Austin ISD.
Danielle Hughes – Delegate at Large, Elementary Education
Danielle has worked as an educator of Emerging Bilinguals and as a coordinator of ESL programs in public schools for 13 years. One of her greatest passions is in her work with family and community engagement. She is currently an Educational Specialist in the Federal Programs Department at the Education Service Center Region 12 in Waco, Texas.