Hetal Ascher is a professional learning specialist at WIDA. She has over ten years of experience serving multilingual learners in various capacities including as an English language teacher, community advocate, and program coordinator. She is an active volunteer with TESOL International, currently serving on the Professional Learning Council and as the incoming chair for the Reading and Vocabulary Interest Section. She has an MA in ESL Education from Hamline University and a BA in ESL Education K-12 from University of Northwestern, St. Paul, and is pursuing a doctorate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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