José A. Ortiz is an Assistant Professor in Hearing and Speech Sciences, at the University of Maryland, College Park. He serves as the director of the Certificate in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology. He received a B.A. in Linguistics & Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 2004, M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2007, and Ph.D in Special Education from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2022. As a speech-language pathologist, José has focused on providing services to Spanish-speaking communities in the US. His research is centered on issues relating to the identification of language-related disorders in bilingual children, including disproportionality in special education, equitable access to education services, non-biased assessment, and technology-enhanced assessment and intervention.