Jessica Kane-Cabello is pursuing a doctoral degree in special education at The University of Texas at Austin, where she serves as a graduate research assistant at the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and as a field supervisor for preservice teachers. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from The University of Texas at El Paso and a master's degree in special education from Midwestern State University. Kane-Cabello is an educational diagnostician, a certified academic therapist, and a qualified dyslexia therapy instructor. Her research interests, inspired by twenty years of public education service, focus on structured literacy instruction and intervention for older learners with reading difficulties. As an aspiring professor, Kane-Cabello aims to collaborate with state and local education agencies to bridge research-to-practice gaps. She is eager to conduct research on state-level dyslexia policy and to collaborate with lawmakers to champion updates to federal policy that promote identifying and expanding services for students with reading disabilities.