Marty Rutherford completed her doctorate in language and literacy at the University of California, Berkeley after having worked for several years as a bilingual teacher in Oakland Unified School District. Since that time she has worked on disseminating culturally relevant, high-expectation literacy programs that offer the promise of transforming high-poverty schools into vibrant learning communities. Currently, she is director of research and dissemination for the Center for the Art of Translation’s Poetry Inside Out program.