Barbara Law, PhD, has taught ESL students at all levels. As an ESL specialist and university professor, she has provided support and direction for regular classroom teachers working with multilingual classes. Barbara currently conducts teacher training, most recently for the U.S. Department of State, in Syria.
Mary Eckes, BA, has been involved in ESL education in the state of California for more than 30 years. She was Master Teacher in the Indo-Chinese Refuge Project at Santa Ana College, and for many years she taught ESL at Butte Community College. Currently, Mary works as curricular support for technology at Bear River High School in northern California where she continues to support ESL students and mainstream teachers.