I am a doctoral candidate in the Technology in Education and Second Language Acquisition program at the University of South Florida, expected date of graduation is December of 2023. I obtained a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction of Spanish as a Foreign Language from USF in August of 2017. I earned a bachelor of science in Foreign Language Education - Spanish from the University of Central Florida in May of 2013. Throughout my ten years in the field of education, I have been a middle/high school Spanish teacher as well as a professor of undergraduate and graduate pre-service teacher candidates. My approach to learning is to ensure that the learner's socio-emotional or other basic needs (e.g., hunger, shelter) are met first, and then to get down to business with content area knowledge and practice. My communication style is to over-communicate because my background is primarily language-based and communication is often the key to breaking down barriers to learning opportunities.