Meet Our Team

Content Manager & Chinese, Japanese, French & German Language Instructor

Tyler was born on Hangeul Day and has always been fascinated with languages. Growing up he attended school in the Netherlands, the US, and Germany, and he holds degrees in Linguistics from UT Austin and the University of North Texas. He has taught English in China and Japan, and has worked as a documentary linguist on the Burushaski (Pakistan) and Lamkang (northeast India) languages, contributing to dictionaries, writing systems, and grammatical analysis. He currently teaches Chinese, Japanese, French, and German at LanGo Institute, and specializes in teaching students how to master pronunciation and inflection.

Community Outreach Manager, Spanish & English Language Instructor

Marison holds degrees in Spanish and Speech Language Pathology (SLP) from the University of North Texas. She studied abroad in Costa Rica and this experience really developed her knowledge and understanding of Spanish and overall love for learning new languages, traveling, and experiencing different cultures. While Spanish is the only other language she has formally studied and taught, Marison is also interested in continuing to study other languages and linguistics and is so excited to be a part of the LanGo teaching team!

Spanish Program Manager, Spanish & Italian Language Instructor

Luis was born in Guanajuato, Mexico and is a native speaker of Mexican Spanish. His passion for languages began after taking an introductory course in linguistics as an undergraduate. He received his Bachelor’s in Linguistics and Film Studies from the University of Pittsburgh with a minor in Italian and his MA in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Arlington. Luis has studied and taught abroad in Florence, Italy and in the Catalonian region of Spain, where he developed knowledge and appreciation of Italian and Catalan language and culture. He was also part of the English Language Institute at Pitt, where he took part in a language exchange program with native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. These experiences have enabled Luis to identify and overcome the challenges that come with language learning and teaching.

Podcast Manager, Portuguese & English Language Instructor

Peter is a linguist with a background in phonology, syntax, comparative linguistics, language conservation, and language teaching. He speaks Brazilian Portuguese and has a minor in Japanese, and has extensive teaching experience in linguistics and ESL. As a researcher, he specializes in Austronesian languages with small populations of speakers. Peter earned a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He has worked as a researcher of endangered language documentation at University of Newcastle, a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Polinsky Language Science Lab, and as co-director of the Language Documentation Training Center at the University of Hawai'i. His favorite language is Roviana from Solomon Islands.

Lil’ Spanish Program Instructor & Spanish Teaching Assistant

Micah received her undergraduate degrees in Spanish and Theatre at Southern Methodist University. During her time there she studied abroad in Madrid, and has traveled to many other Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. She has taken Italian classes at LanGo and put what she learned to use while living as a writer in Italy in 2023. Micah discovered and developed her love of teaching littles as LanGo’s Lil’ Spanish Program instructor and as an acting teacher to children at Akiba Yavneh Academy in Dallas. She loves getting to share the languages and arts that she is so passionate about.

English Instructor, Spanish & Korean Teaching Assistant

Luke earned a Bachelor's degree in Spanish and a Texas Educator Certificate in LOTE Spanish from The University of North Texas. His love of languages first developed in middle school, where he took his first Spanish class in Wichita Falls, Texas. In college, he studied abroad in Cusco, Peru, further improving his language skills and sparking a love for learning about the world around him. This inspired him to teach Spanish in high schools in Frisco, Texas for three years. Luke is very excited to be a part of the LanGo team and learn more about linguistics and other languages!

Intern & Language Teacher-in-Training, Japanese & Spanish Teaching Assistant

Christine is a Spanish heritage language speaker as well as a Japanese non-native speaker and identifies as a lifelong language learner. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio in Modern Language Studies with an emphasis in Japanese and a minor in Linguistics. She received her Master's degree from the University of North Texas in Linguistics and a Graduate Academic Certificate in TESOL. Her main interests within Linguistics are ESL and Second Language Acquisition. In addition to her Teaching Assistant work for Japanese & Spanish classes at LanGo, Christine currently works as a SPED Aide for a local middle school in El Paso and plans to teach English abroad in Japan to middle school students in the future. She has a passion for language, linguistics, and teaching kids.

Intern & Language Teacher-in-Training, Korean & Spanish Teaching Assistant

Nick is a Linguist with their Master's in Linguistics from The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). In their time as an undergraduate at UTA, they earned Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Linguistics, a Minor in Spanish, and an Undergraduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Nick's research explores the intersections of sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and psychology. In addition to a few years of formal instruction in Spanish, they've also had a mix of formal instruction and self-study in Portuguese and Korean. They aim to continue their journey by pursuing teaching licensure and a PhD in Linguistics.

Intern & Language Teacher-in-Training, Japanese & Spanish Teaching Assistant

Josephine Arsenio is a first-generation Panamanian-American and heritage speaker of Spanish, which is where her passion for language learning stems from. She graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor’s in Linguistics and concentration in Teaching English while also studying Spanish and Dance as minors. Josephine seeks to learn about other languages and cultures while teaching foreign languages. She hopes to begin her career in education through her work at LanGo and through overseas English teaching in Japan.

Intern & Language-Teacher-in-Training, Spanish & English Teaching Assistant

Fabiola is a native Spanish speaker. Her passion for ESL and Bilingual education began when she first learned English at the age of 12. She holds a Bachelor’s from Sam Houston State University in Elementary education with a minor in Bilingual. She will soon begin her Master’s in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at SHSU. She is excited to begin her journey in education at LanGo while creating a space for growth, collaboration, and inclusion for both children and adults.