Dr. Esther Prins is a Professor in the Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Program at Penn State, where she also serves as the Co-Director of the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy and the Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy. She has over 30 years’ experience in ABE, adult literacy, and family literacy. Dr. Prins is the co-author of Teaching and Learning about Family Literacy and Family Literacy Programs (Routledge, 2022) and the co-editor of Family and Intergenerational Literacy and Learning: International Perspectives (UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2025), as well as more than 50 peer-reviewed articles.