Ruhma Choudhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education and Language Acquisition at LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York (CUNY). Her doctorate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) is from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her area of specialization and research interests include language policy, teacher education, and critical approaches to language learning. Her most recent publication “Raising Bilingual and Bicultural Bangladeshi-American Children in New York City: Perspectives from Educators and parents in a Bengali Community Program” appeared in Bilingual Community Education and Multilingualism - Beyond Heritage Languages in a Global City, co-edited by Ofelia Garcia, Zeena Zakahria, and Bahar Otcu.