Julia Collins is an experienced teacher with a demonstrated history of Modern Foreign Language (MFL) tuition in Irish-Medium Education. Currently working as a Lecturer of Education in University College Cork and researching for her Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD), Collins is exploring Cross-sectoral Communities of Practice for MFL Instruction in Irish-Medium Education. Committed to advanced scholarship and research output, Collins is also a scholarship recipient who aims to pursue future studies in the field of second language acquisition in Irish Immersion education. Course design and module development in the field of language and bilingual pedagogy, translanguaging and plurilingualism in the contemporary post-primary classroom are some of Collins’ other key research areas of interest.Julia is a passionate, interdisciplinary teacher educator who enjoys engaging student teachers in dialogue about the complex field of language, linguistic inclusivity, teaching, and teacher education. An acute professional goal of Julia’s is to contribute to future generation teachers’ competencies in everchanging multilingual and multicultural societies along with the promotion of educational inclusivity and global citizenship.