Lucila D. Ek

Lucila D. Ek, Ph.D., is a professor of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio and holds the Dr. Bertha Perez Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Biliteracy Research. Born in Yucatán, Mexico, she immigrated to the United States at age four and earned her doctorate in Urban Schooling from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research examines language, literacy, and identity in Chicano/Latino immigrant communities, with particular attention to bilingual education and equity.

Ek is the author of Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children: Their Words, Their Worlds, now in its second edition. Her published work also includes research on the digital literacy practices of Latina/o immigrant parents and a chapter on bilingual education in an immigrant community.