Dr. Cecilia Silva is a Professor in the School of Education at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. Having taught in bilingual/ESL elementary classrooms, Dr. Silva currently specializes in ESL, bilingual, and multicultural education. Her research interests include thematic instruction for promoting language, literacy and concept development, multicultural, bilingual education. Dr. Silva is co-author of On Our Way to English. Dr. Silva received her B.A. from Ohio State University, M.A. from California State University, and Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.