Featured Speakers

Jayne Abrate

AATF

Executive Director

Laurel Abreu

University of Southern Mississippi

Coordinator, Master of Arts in the Teaching of Languages

Karen Acosta

Annabelle Williamson

Bricolage Academy

Keynote Facilitator, Spanish Educator

Lucy Amarillo

Pearson

Educational WL Consultant

Stacy Amling

DMACC

Professor of Spanish

Katie Angus

Assistant Professor of French

Erin Anthony

Rebecca Aubrey

Michel Baker

River Ridge Elementary School

Spanish Teacher Grades 1-4

Leslie Baldwin

SCOLT

Executive Director

Rochelle Barry

Retired teacher; presenter/coach

Kathryn Bartlett

Horry County Schools

Spanish Teacher

Pam Benton

Pinellas County Schools

PreK-12 World Languages Specialist

Marianne Bessy

Benjamin Bradshaw

Gwinnett County Public Schools

Spanish Teacher

Emma Bricker

Andrea Brown

Megan Buck

SEALLT

Joanne Burnett

University of Southern Mississippi

Professor of French and Second Language Acquisition

Brenna Byrd

Cindy Cabral

Ana Capanegra

Erin Carlson

University of South Carolina

Instructor of Spanish, PhD student in Language and Literacy

Diana Castano

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools

Bilingual Programs Instructional Coach

Elizabeth Castellow

Krista Chambless

University of Alabama Birmingham

Barbara Chaves

Rosalie Cheatham

Laurie Clarcq

Hearts For Teaching

Spanish teacher, presenter, consultant, coach curriculum writer.

Alison Clifton

Roanoke College

Assistant Professor of French

Ben Coates

Mara S. Cobe

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

K-12 World Languages Specialist

Matt Coss

STARTALK (National Foreign Language Center)

AATG

American Association of Teachers of German

Keith Cothrun, Executive Director

Ruta Couet

Angela Dabney

Catherine Daniélou

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kelly F Davidson

Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

Associate Professor, French and Foreign Language Education

Jane Debroski

Bertha Delgadillo

Woodville-Tompkins Career and Technical High School

Spanish Teacher

Mary Domenech

Kelsey Dominguez

Bethanie Drew

Broughton Global Magnet High School

Teacher, curriculum creator, presenter

Linda Egnatz

Global Seal of Biliteracy, Frankfort, IL

Executive Director

Kyle Ennis

Deborah Espitia

Wayside Publishing

Instructional Strategist

Victoria Schmoyer, Aimee Falk

Fluency Matters

Carol Gaab, President / iFLT Director

Paula Garrett-Rucks

Georgia State University

Clara Maria Di Gennaro

Edward Waters College

Instructor

Sara Gilliland

Oak Ridge High School

World Language Curriculum Specialist

Luis Giron

Dylan Goldblatt

University of Mississippi

Instructional Assistant Professor

Maribel Gomez

Woodville Tompkins Technical & Career High School

Spanish Teacher

Caro Gray

Klett USA, Inc.

National Sales Director

Ann Marie Gunter

NC Department of Public Instruction

World Languages Consultant

Effie Hall

Loudoun County Public Schools

German Teacher/WoLa Chair

Charlotte Hancock

Lisa Harris

Virginia Department of Education

Specialist for World Languages

Ellen Hart

North Carolina Virtual Public School

Instructional Director

Liza Heath

UMS-Wright Preparatory School

K3-1st Grade Spanish Teacher

Michele Henriquez

Carolina Herrera

Nina Hidalgo

Gwinnett County Public Schools

Spanish Teacher

Nicole Hines

Avant Assessment

Regional Sales Manager

Bobby Hobgood, Ed.D.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Director, Language Resource Center/SCOLT President

Dr. Liza Speece

Lexington One School District

Coordinator of World Languages and Immersion

Sandrine Hope

University of Alabama Birmingham

Adjunct Associate Professor

Melanie Hutsell

Peachteee Ridge High School

French Teacher / Dept chair

Birgit Jensen

East Carolina University

Assoc. Prof. of German

Norah Jones

Raul Joven

Claudia Kechkian

The John Cooper School

Upper School Spanish Teacher

Jessica Kelly

World Language Teacher

Jay Ketner

Kate Kiec

Jackie King

Stephanie Knouse

Lynn Knowles

Kurz Horst

Georgia Southern University

Professor

Lawrence Land

Stephanie Langston

Georgia State University Perimeter College

Lecturer

Dr. Amanda Lanier

Michigan State University

Assistant Professor

Angeli Leal

Raegan Lemmond

Kelsey Lewandowski

Voces Digital

Customer Service/Sales

Shuyu Liu

Sheri Spaine Long

AATSP

Greta Lundgaard

Consultant

Laurie Massery

James McCullough

Organic World Language

Consultant

Cindy Mollard

GCPS

Anja Moore

Chesapeake Public Schools

Teacher

Paola Morales

Ernesto Bernal

Language Coordinator

Valdosta State University's Summer Study Abroad in Cádiz, Spain

Valdosta State University

Associate Professor

Speakers

Kenna Chelsoi

Hutchinson School

Joy Hamm

Liz Heath

Valdosta State University

Jennifer Hood

Lexington One School District

Kindergarten Spanish Immersion Teacher

L. J. Randolph Jr.

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Associate Professor of Spanish and Education

Shawn Morrison

Joann Nabb

Aim Language Learning

Head of language department-retired

Carol Owens

HS Spanish Teacher

Laura Parker

Juliette Parnell

Joseph Parodi-Brown

Marianapolis Preparatory School

Dean of Academics

Joseph Parodi-Brown

Jamie Patterson

Fulton County Schools

Program Specialist

Jeremy Patterson

Melissa Perez

Durham Public Schools

District World Languages Coordinator

James Phillips

Southwest DeKalb High School

French Teacher/ World Language Department Chair

Sheri Plath

Paul Duke STEM High School in Gwinnett

Spanish teacher

Stacey Powell

Beckie Bray Rankin

Lexington High School

Teacher

Amelia Richter

SCOLT TOTY nominee 2019, WV TOY 2018, “Best of WV” 2017, WVFLTA President

World Language Teacher for Ohio County Schools, WV

Lisa Ritter

Darcy Rogers

Independent Instructor

Keynote Speaker/Facilitator, OWL Founder, Lead Educator

Kristy Rogers

World Language Teacher (US)

Brooke Rosell

Cape Hatteras Secondary School

Spanish Teacher

Laura Rubio

Melanie Ryan

Cesar Salazar

Hutchison School

Spanish Teacher MS

Hilda Salazar

Wake Tech

Dawn Samples

Paul Sandrock

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

Director of Education

Deanna Scheffer

Allen D. Nease High School

Teacher - French

Stephanie Madison Schenck

Clemson University

PhD Candidate, Literacy, Language, & Culture

Victoria Schmoyer

Carmen Scoggins

Watauga High School

Spanish Teacher

Eileen Sellman

Goethe-Institut

Laura Sexton

South Point High School

Spanish teacher

Alona Shupe

Megan Smith

Creative Language Class

Blogger + Thinker

Tom Soth

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Wendy Stephens

South Carolina Department of Education

Education Associate

Ken Stewart

Duke University

Hannah Sullivan

Tuscaloosa Academy

Language Dept. Head; Spanish Teacher

Hilaria Taft

Heather Tedder

Watauga High School

French teacher

Lou Tolosa-Casadont

Heidi Trude

Loudoun Valley High School

FLAVA President-Elect

Jon Valentine

Gwinnett County Public Schools

Director of Foreign Languages

Diana Vargas

Virin Vedder

Ana Velazquez

Overhills High School

Spanish Teacher

Yaneth Villaroel

Patrick Wallace

Presenter

GaDOE staff

Julie Wilhelm

Iowa State University

Senior Lecturer, Spanish

Karin Woodrum

Lafayette High School

World Language Teacher - German

Lisa E Worthington-Groc

Trish Yu

Rocío Zalba

Tiffany Zhang

QTalk