Dr. Michelle Panzavecchia is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Education and Visiting Senior Lecturer at the University of Malta. She holds a PhD in Bilingualism, Multilingualism, and English Language Teaching from the University of Sheffield. Her research focuses on multilingual education, language identity, cross linguistic practices, English language teaching, and culturally responsive pedagogy, with interests also in early education, communication impairment, and qualitative research.