About Bilingual Solutions, Inc.

Molly Aceves is a bilingual speech-language pathologist, with ten years of experience working with bilingual, Spanish-speaking students. Her first experiences in bilingual education were in the general education classroom, where she taught both second and third grade. From there, Mrs. Aceves went on to pursue her graduate education. She received masters degrees in both Speech-Language Pathology and Learning Disabilities from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Her specific area of interest is the connection between language and literacy. Throughout her work as a speech-language pathologist, Mrs. Aceves has focused on the development of phonological awareness in Spanish-speaking children and the remediation of language-based learning disabilities. Her work and instructional method has been presented at conferences throughout Illinois.

Ellen Magit is currently a bilingual school psychologist / intervention specialist. Her career in education has spanned 20 years, during which she has taught first grade bilingual general education and K-5 bilingual special education, as well as serving as a problem solving coach. She is the author of MIDE, an assessment of Early Literacy skills for Spanish speakers, which is marketed through Aimsweb. Mrs. Magit has been particularly interested in improving literacy outcomes for Spanish speaking children in the American school system. To that end, she has written curriculum for struggling readers enrolled in both in-school and after-school remediation programs. Mrs. Magit has also been instrumental in writing grants, participating in planning and evaluation of dual language and bilingual programs, establishing Spanish language arts standards for the WIDA consortium and has served on state committees to improve and align the Illinois assessments for ELL students. She has been a frequent presenter at conferences around the country.