Isabel Leite is a Psychology Faculty member at the Universidade de Évora, Portugal. I. Leite has a PhD in Psychology and 22 years of experience teaching psychology to college students. She taught a variety of psychology courses at the university, the majority of which were focused on cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics. She has also taught developmental and educational psychology at the undergraduate and graduate levels in Psychology and Teacher Training.Isabel has had extensive experience supervising internships and master's dissertations. The PhD thesis looked into the role of phonemic awareness in reading comprehension. Her primary scientific interest is in understanding the processes involved in reading and writing, how they are acquired and evolve over time, and what factors influence reading performance. I. Leite has published scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals with colleagues from various universities and countries (Belgium, Hong Kong, Germany, and Brazil), as well as book chapters. She recently edited a book published in Brazil and Portugal and, as a principal investigator, completed a research project on "Teacher education and training for the teaching of reading and writing". Currently, I. Leite serves on the Scientific Committee of EDULOG, a Think Tank for Education, and as a consultant and coordinator of LER: Leitura, Escrita, Recursos (in English, Reading, Writing, and Resources), a digital platform of the Portuguese Reading Plan developed to increase access to and use of evidence-based approaches to reading and writing instruction.