2021 Women in Language Speakers
This year, we're bringing you another line-up of fresh voices and expert speakers with diverse backgrounds: polyglots, industry veterans, world travelers, teaching experts, academic professors, and innovators.
The full list of speakers is:
- Alexa Little and Heather Souter, working to revitalise endangered languages
- Kate Fisher and Karina Pearl Thorne, conversation-focused language teachers
- Phelan, artist who incorporates language into multimedia art
- Sylvia Gabriel, language instagrammer and English tutor (The Curious Linguist)
- Acacia Woods Chan, ethical travel expert and entrepreneur
- Etiene Dalcol, Brazilian software engineer and app creator
- Ewa Corser, online Polish teacher who speaks 6 languages
- Anneli Haake, Swedish teacher, author of Teach Yourself Swedish, and teaching mentor
- Elzette Wilkinson, South African language blogger (Fluency Pending)
- Emily Richardson, Portuguese learner and language entrepreneur from the UK
- Valeria Tiourina, Russian-American software engineer
- Andrea Higuera, co-founder and CEO of language app Yask from Colombia
- Michele Frolla, Australian language and travel blogger
- Caitlin Sacasas, fitness trainer with a passion for language
- Emily Harris, US-based language youtube creator and transracial adoptee
- Kaché Knowles, Bahamian creator and ambassador for language and culture of the Bahamas
- Cathy Intro, French language coach and culture tutor
- Lindsay McMahon, founder of the All Ears English platform and podcasts
- Hannah Kentridge, British Japanese epert who creates videos for 100,000+ subscribers
- Ambie Gonzalez, American linguist, flight-attendant and Youtuber
- Maritere Rodriguez Bellas, puerto-rican/american parenting expert combining 3 cultures in her family
- Elvina Gatina, translator and translation reviewer from Russia
- Bec Howie, co-founder of Language Lovers AU and co-host of the Language Chats podcast
- Daria Molchanova, online Russian teacher with Real Russian club
- Judy Um, South Korean polyglot, language teacher and entrepreneur
- Heather Koziol, podcast host and education expert who speaks 3 languages to her kids
- Elle Charisse, New York based language podcaster (Speaking Tongues)
- Marija Dobrovolska, Latvian-born German-teaching youtuber with over 200,000 followers
- Gwyneth Jones, Welsh and English language teacher, writer, and emotional intelligence coach
- Eliza Keyton, American language lover and ESL tutor who's famous for her Malayalam learning content on Instagram
- Karla Zuluaga, endangered language and language revitalisation expert from Australia
- Skye Shirley, founder of a non-profit dedicated to opening up Latin to underrepresented genders
- Inda Härtlein, Berlin-based Argentinian polyglot and co-creator of Chatterbug
