Dr. Betina Hsieh (@ProfHsieh) is a current CCTE board member (2019-2022) and Co-chair of the Communication Committee. She served last year as Professor and Director of Teacher Education for the LaFetra College of Education at the University of La Verne, and is returning this year to her position as Associate Professor of (secondary) teacher education at California State University, Long Beach, where she will be making the most of a fall sabbatical. Her teacher education work is informed by 10 years of urban middle school classroom experience, K-12 literacy coaching, and work as co-director of the Bay Area Writing Project. At the heart of Dr. Hsieh’s work is the exploration of how teacher identity (who people are) shapes teacher choice making (what people do) as educators. She is deeply committed to creating more equitable spaces as a teacher educator that promote the success, sustenance and empowerment of teacher candidates from marginalized subgroups both through their preliminary educator development and as they enter classroom spaces. Dr. Hsieh’s current research interests include identity-informed mentoring in teacher education spaces, the emergence and development of a teacher (and teacher educator) professional identity, social media and teacher education, Asian American MotherScholars, and the experiences of teachers of color. Her recent publications include articles in Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, English Teaching: Practice and Critique, Literacy Research and Instruction, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, and the Journal of Teacher Education. Outside of work, Dr. Hsieh is a wife and mother to 4 children (ages 5-30) and a small dog. She runs half marathons and loves delicious food. She’s actively involved in her church’s social justice committee and gospel choir, and every so often, she tries to get some sleep. She is constantly pursuing better work-life balance and boundary setting.