Leila Schroeder has eight years’ experience in American bilingual education followed by twenty years of literacy work in Africa and the US. She has a bachelor’s degree in Education from Biola University, a master’s degree in Urban Education “with Bi
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Leila Schroeder has eight years’ experience in American bilingual education followed by twenty years of literacy work in Africa and the US. She has a bachelor’s degree in Education from Biola University, a master’s degree in Urban Education “with Bilingual Emphasis” from California State University Los Angeles, and a Bilingual Education Specialist’s credential from the State of California. Leila has done graduate-level studies in linguistics and taught graduate level classes in applied linguistics. She worked in Kenya in the area of adult literacy and bilingual education for five years, before becoming a literacy consultant for SIL Africa Area. Her focus is linguistic and orthographic issues which impact literacy materials and pedagogies for Bantu languages.
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