Dr. Falvey is an Emeriti Professor and former Dean of the Charter College of Education California State University, Los Angeles. She has advocated for hundreds of thousands of students with disabilities to be educated alongside their nondisabled peers while receiving the supports and services to be successful, she is the parent of an adult son with learning disabilities and the aunt of a 31-year-old man with Down syndrome and autism.  She has written, edited, and contributed to journal articles and chapters in over 11 journals, 18 books, and has written 4 books.