Gloria Carcoba Falomir is an assistant professor-in-residence in UNLV's Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education, where she earned her master’s and doctoral degrees. Prior to her academic career, she worked in early childhood general education settings in Mexico.
Her research interests focus on supporting teacher practices to improve the performance and achievement of students with learning disabilities, as well as students who are multilingual learners with and without disabilities. In addition, she has collaborated with other researchers on exploring teachers' translanguaging practices in K-12 classroom settings and has contributed to the development of an Early childhood bilingual curriculum. She is also the English language acquisition and development (ELAD) practicum coordinator for graduate and undergraduate programs.