Michelle M. Wright is a 2003 MA graduate of the Brigham Young University Department of Linguistics and English Language. Her emphasis was in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). She graduated previously from Brigham Young University in 1999, with a double major in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education; she also completed a minor in music. She taught Spanish to English-speaking young adults for three years, and has also worked at the Brigham Young University English Language Center (ELC). She presented at the 2002 I-TESOL Conference in Twin Falls, ID with a presentation entitled, “Ten Lessons Learned Through Implementing a Family Reading Program with Hispanic Adults.” She is married, with a one-year-old daughter, and an amazing husband. She is a native of New York State.

email: michelle.wright@byu.edu