I wanted to drop you a line to say that last week I was at this wonderful conference (Curriculum and Pedagogy) in McAllen TX, where I found myself both thinking about your writings and talking about them (again!) to others. This was especially true as I walked by the border, Border Patrol agents, and saw people on the bridges and on either side and thought about...everything.
I found myself thanking the professor who introduced me to your work in person (finally met her), and then suggesting it to other graduate students.
http://www.curriculumandpedagogy.org/conference/
Then, today, my advisor from University of Texas-RGV sends me this article by Picower. She thinks it can inform my dissertation work, because I am having trouble deciding on one question and a methodology that I can reasonably accomplish. Especially because my father is now terminally ill, it has to be a very meaningful project to me and also do-able with my family life. That's kind of a contradiction! In any case, I saw you cited over and over in this article, and found my spirits lifted and found myself inspired again and thinking positively and passionately.
I thought that it would be nice to tell you, again, your work is making a difference to a specific someone, and I guess also in a way to my specific students here at Nuestro Mundo Community School in Madson, WI and also to my adult graduate students in a local bilingual education masters degree program.
Caroline H.