Karuna Dwivedi, EdD, is an English language learning specialist, higher education educator, and author of Grammar as a Bridge: Empowering ELLs Through Writing and Speaking. She earned her doctorate in English language learning from National University and holds Cambridge CELTA and TESOL/TEFL certifications, with teaching experience from high school through university. Her research uses a qualitative phenomenological design with interpretative phenomenological analysis, grounded in culturally responsive pedagogy and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, to advance equitable, asset-based support for multilingual learners.