Dr. Svetlana Nuss teaches an online graduate-level teacher education program in Bilingual Education and TESOL Certification with years of experience as a K-12 EL instructional coach. Svetlana serves on the State of Alaska EL Stakeholder Advisory group. In 2021, Dr. Nuss was appointed by the State of Alaska to represent the state at WIDA's Board, where she later led the LEA Advisory Committee. A published author, Svetlana is passionate about equitable education for every child. Her background and research interests are in applied linguistics.