I am the founder and owner of Lark Languages, a language training and translation solutions provider for overcoming communication barriers in the workplace. Lark Languages is a preferred language services provider for The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and it has provided services to many renowned organizations including The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Coca Cola Company and McDonald's Corporation.Alongside my work as a workplace language services provider, I am a passionate supporter of early childhood language immersion programs, exercising my belief that investing in multicultural education for children is an investment in a more just and peaceful future. I cofounded the southeast's first nature-based Spanish immersion school for children and am an active participant in the movement for multilingual education. I have a strong interest in promoting language preservation and revitalization programs around the world, especially those that support ancient indigenous languages such as Q'eq'chi' Mayan, Irish/Gaelic and Cherokee. Through relationships with schools in Ireland, Guatemala and the Appalachian region of the United States, I support the work of celebrating and preserving these languages for future generationsPrior to creating Lark Languages, I was a faculty member of the Language Institute at Georgia Tech University where I conducted English courses for international students and spearheaded the development of an accent enhancement training program for medical professionals. Previously, I worked at LEN Business and Language Institute in San Francisco, California as well as at various non-profit agencies providing vocational ESOL trainings for immigrants and refugees. Over the years, I have collaborated on multiple language and education outreach projects including a Spanish and Q’eqchi’ literacy program for women in rural Guatemala, service-learning excursions for U.S. delegates to Mexico and a health literacy initiative for families in Nicaragua. I hold a Masters degree in Adult Education from San Francisco State University where I focused my studies on Language Acquisition.