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 Language Diversity Lab and 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.