José Ortiz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland. He serves as the Director of the Language-Learning Early Advantage Program (LEAP), and the Certificate in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology. He received a B.A. in Linguistics & Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 2004, an M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2007, and a Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Maryland in 2022. His research focuses on issues regarding the identification of language-related disorders in bilingual children, including disproportionality in special education, non-biased assessment, and technology-enhanced service assessment.