Luis Javier Pentón Herrera, PhD, is an award-winning Spanish and English educator and a best-selling author. In 2024, he was selected as the TESOL Teacher of the Year, awarded by the TESOL International Association and National Geographic Learning. He is a professor at VIZJA University, in Poland, and his teaching and research projects are situated at the intersection of identity, emotions, and well-being in language and literacy education, social-emotional learning, autoethnography and storytelling, refugee education, and language weaponization. Grazzia Maria Mendoza Chirinos, MEd, MA, is an award-winning educator with 32 years of experience in education. She was awarded the Virginia French Allen Award for Scholarship and Service in 2018 and the Outstanding Advocate Award in 2023. As a researcher at the University of Wisconsin Center for Education Research she developed the learning agenda for research to support educators and prioritized themes such as didactics, technology, and SEL. Thomas S.C. Farrell, PhD, is a professor at Brock University, Canada. His professional interests include reflective practice and second language teacher education and development. He has published widely in these areas. His work can be found at www.reflectiveinquiry.ca.